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A talk show host was commenting on Millennials and how they have difficulty dealing with life's ups and downs and disappointments. Specifically, the host was explaining that college counselors are overburdened with distraught students who feel they have been slighted, cheated,  or … [Read more...] about Handbook of Manly Quotes: Be A Man!

Sore feet and exercise; boy they can go together!  Is there hope?  Yes. There is hope in helping the average sore foot, because the average sore foot hurts because it's not taken care of.  Other foot aches and pains are between you and your doctor.  Most everyone will have something their doctor needs to look at, from bunions to arthritis, the list is almost endless.  Once … [Read more...] about Can We Beat Sore Feet?

Maybe you’ve been on the spirituality/metaphysical/Law of Attraction path for quite a while, yet don’t feel as in the flow as you’d like to or that it’s easy to get in the flow, no matter what you know. What’s up with that? You may or may not like what this is really about, but until you take hold of it to help you move forward, you’ll likely stay frustrated in one … [Read more...] about What Really Blocks the Good Stuff from You and Your Life?

When we were young, my youngest brother and I always looked forward to Wednesday. THAT was the day the ‘rolling store’ came by. This truck, filled with basic groceries and other items, stopped at each farmhouse on its’ route to offer their wares to the housewife who seldom went to ‘town’, 15 miles away. Seems like yesterday that Mr. Clemmons came around his truck to ask my … [Read more...] about Waiting For The Rolling Store

“Female Viagra” Approved by FDA The good news: The FDA has approved flibanserin (Addyi), the first drug to treat premenopausal  women with low sexual desire. The appropriately colored pink pill has been described as the female equivalent of the  erectile dysfunction drug, sildenafil (Viagra). (Sorry, postmenopausal girlfriends. You will have to continue to rely on the … [Read more...] about Short Shorts September 2015

According to Mary Lee Robinson, author, 50% of happily married couples will become The Widow or Widower Next Door. Mary Lee joined that 50% in February 2013. Her story is one of many in the book. They had just relocated 11 months prior to their brand new home in the Low Country of the Carolinas. Her husband suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage and was gone at age … [Read more...] about New Book: The Widow or Widower Next Door

My boomer daughter thinks I should spend time traveling.  After all, isn't traveling and taking life easy what "old" people are supposed to do? You've seen the TV commercials for river cruises that promise exposure to all kinds of cultural treasures in exotic places. She thinks that's ideal.  I look at those happy old people enjoying themselves and think, "get a job -- your … [Read more...] about Mom, You’re 86 — It’s Time To Travel

Many people probably remember thalidomide which was a popular sleeping pill prescribed for pregnant women starting in the 1940's because it was touted to help with morning sickness. It was eventually removed from the market after it had resulted in thousands of babies being born with skeletal abnormalities such as only having hands  without arms attached to their shoulders (a … [Read more...] about The “New” Morning Sickness Pill

  Reading is wonderful. Wonderful for your intelligence, as a pastime, to look forward to, to enjoy, to share, etc. Yet reading and the physical position that most of us read in, sometimes for hours at a time, can affect our balance in negative ways. Let me share a story with you: I was called to work with a wonderful woman in her late 80's named Thelma. Thelma … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Reading Hurt Your Balance