zoo bear laying its head on its paws

Blase Bear: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge, Are Zoo Animals Wild about Life?

Though we love taking the kids to the zoo so that they can see animals of the world close up, we must ask ourselves, is it worth the cost?

Six on Saturday 2-24-18, Itching to Start Gardening

It looks as though winter is really on its way out.  Though, there is always…

30 Days of Health and Contentment: Day 29, Listen to Your First and Second Brain

We are talking about incorporating exercise into a new, healthy lifestyle that you maintain forever; not a short-term exercise (and diet) plan that you abandon when you reach your goal.

30 Days of Health and Contentment: Day 27, This Will Make You Sick

How can anyone think that eating lots of processed food is a good thing?

American basswood flowers and seeds

Six on Saturday, 1-27-18: Sketches

I have great intentions, but the atmosphere isn’t propelling me into any of the gardening preparations I could begin now.

photo of white onion bloom

30 Days of Health and Contentment: Day 22, This Is Not A “Diet”

Over the weekend, I traveled to Pennsylvania to visit my family. My sister asked me…

30 Days of Health and Contentment: Day 20, Beat the Sweets

Unlike other addictive substances, we can’t just not eat food.  And saying that you will never eat sweets again just isn’t going to work.

30 Days of Health and Contentment: Day 19, Power Yoga

I can personally attest to the harm caused by persistent, elevated levels of cortisol.