This is my first post of the year and it feels good.  I am excited about all the possibilities of a new year.   It’s hard to believe we are already a decade into the new millennium. Are you where you hoped to be in life by now? Did you make any New Year’s resolutions

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Avoiding illness is trickier in the wintertime for many reasons.  People are confined indoors closer together, the indoor air in drier and the stress of the holidays takes its toll on many of us.  Today, I wish to remind you of the many simple ways you can prevent getting sick. Viruses spread easier in drier

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In this season of giving thanks, I give thanks for the abundant variety of delicious winter vegetables available right now. Winter squash is one of my favorites. Not only does it taste delicious baked or pureed into soup or in pies, it is incredibly nutrient rich. Winter squash are full of immune boosting vitamins A

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Trick-or-treating is an American tradition that most of us love, especially kids.  I support safe, supervised trick-or-treating, but have a suggestion for how to deal with all the candy your kids get on Halloween night.  Start a new tradition and make November 1st the night the “Sugar Sprite” comes to visit.  Have the kids pick

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I woke up before dawn on Saturday, the summer solstice, to hike up the mountain behind my house to watch the sun rise over our valley with several members of the community on the other side of the hill.  I enjoy this ritual to honor the solstices and equinoxes in my area as it keeps

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