Category: Lifestyles
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New Study Suggests that One-Third of American Adults are Diabetic or Pre-Diabetic
Catherine Cowie, director of the diabetes epidemiology program at the U.S. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, released new research that suggests one-third of U.S. adults are either diabetic or pre-diabetic.…
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Uncommon Goods
One of my closest friend has started showing up to my house in really great, unique jewelry… She has a necklace with a typewriter key as a pendant among many, many other cute little…
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And So Summer Begins…..
Well, we are not yet three hours into our first day of summer (Joseph’s last day of school was yesterday) and we have already had three time outs, two injuries (due to my son…
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Turning a blind eye
Photo of Thembi Nguban I think it is human nature to force out, or simply ignore, tragedy that it not our own. This is not the most upbeat way to start the week, but…
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Keeping Telemarketers At Bay
I recently moved to a new state and had to get a new local phone number. Lately I’ve started to get telemarketing calls and I wanted a simple way to get my phone number…
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Bustin’ out the barBque – vegetarian style
So, now that we are getting our new yard fixed up – it’s time to start thinking about using our fancy barbque grill and having some friends over for an evening of smokey food…
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New Literary Icons
For mother’s day, my husband bought me two books. One was a Lorrie Moore book entitled Who Will Run the Frog Hospital and the other was The Best American Short Stories, 2004 which was…
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Frightful Sizes
I am in Florida visiting my parents. We walked in to lovely faces, happy embraces and the most grotesque thing I have ever seen – a television the size of a football field in…
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“If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.”
There are have been a few women in our history who personify strength and beauty with the same intensity. Katherine Hepburn was one of them. I don’t know many women who don’t hold her…
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Mama’s Kitchen
I heard a wonderful piece on NPR today – it was called Hidden Kitchens. Apparently it comes on every Friday (this was the first time I have caught it) and today it was featuring…