I’m the first to admit to a certain amount of craziness. I was reminded recently of the time when I lived in Northern New York (their winters put our Southern winters to shame) and how we would walk outside barefoot for a few minutes every morning as part of the yoga practice a group of … Read more
This is a rant. If you’re not up to it, I won’t be offended. I just have to get this off my chest. I have been an advocate of natural health since I was in my 20s. That’s more than 50 years. I have always done deep research for my own health and even more … Read more
This will be a holiday season like no other. Covid rules all of our lives. Our long isolation and necessity of spending holidays far away from loved ones are the reality we all must face. For nearly 300,000 of us, there are empty places at the table and empty places in our hearts. At least … Read more
Wow. Suddenly we find ourselves in a whole new world with the dramatic and rapid spread of the coronavirus a/k/a COVID-19. First, let me say that the spread of the disease has already reached pandemic levels, whatever public health officials are saying. In a world where air travel is pervasive, where we now have community-generated … Read more
Full disclosure: Six weeks ago, I had a stem cell transplant on my left shoulder to address several small tears in my rotator cuff. The tears were the results of several mishaps that involved horses, falls on the ice and finally, a trip over a dog in a dark hallway that left me in tears … Read more
I’ve written several times about neonicotinoids, the insecticides that play a major role in the decline of bee colonies in the United States, potentially disrupting and even destroying the pollination cycle upon which our food supply is dependent. Yes, my friend, this is serious. Very serious. Now, since we are entering the gardening season, it’s … Read more
This article originally appeared on this blog on July 20, 2009. It has been updated for 2018. Another family member falls to the evil of smoking… Nearly nine years ago, my Dad died of the terrible results of a lifetime of smoking. On Tuesday, I lost my 58-year old sister, Julie to the same evil. … Read more
Kate Stockman is an old friend of Kathleen’s who has found some keys to staying young through the Ageless Grace program. This is a guest post from Kate. I turned 60 years young this year, and while 60 is the new 40, I am still recognizing differences in my body and brain, both of which … Read more
Updated: 3/1/2019 Years into the water crisis, the residents of Flint, Michigan are still suffering the consequences of poor, perhaps criminal, decisions by their elected officials. Those consequences will last for the rest of the lives of the children whose brain development has been impaired by the lead in Flint’s water pipes. Society will suffer, … Read more
When I sat down to write my Tuesday blog entry today, I had every intention of writing about something else, but when I saw the article about the teensy pharmaceutical company that bought the patent on a unique drug and overnight hiked the price more than 5,000% from $13.50 per pill to $750, I couldn’t … Read more