From the Heart….. A great sadness fills my heart as I write to you at the beginning of July. The father of my first grandchild died this morning. Tom Killorin was Grace’s first husband, groom at the first wedding in our family of four daughters and the only one presided over by my daughters’ father, …
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Holy kitchen
Gentle Reader, I opened the quarterly Earth Letter from Earth Ministry to read the lead article, “The Work at Hand”. It’s about making a holy kitchen. Let me explain. The author’s name, Carol Flinders, did not ring a bell until I came across a reference to “all the things we said in Laurel’s Kitchen” and …
Don’t take vitamins.
Gentle Reader, “Whatever you do, don’t take vitamins.” One more doctor/author has come out with a book of instructions on how to stay healthy. Included in his list of what to do and eat is a chapter on why you should not take vitamins. My renter just showed me his latest book, A Short Guide …
Get out the tape measure!
Gentle Reader, Here we go into the season ‘tis jolly with food and good cheer!’ It will not be popular to talk about belly fat being the death of you. How has Santa survived all these years? I keep harping on ‘keep moving.’ It turns out that even if you are at your ideal weight …
But I have to have an operation!
Gentle Reader, I was talking with a guy last night who had to have an operation for his hip. The osteoarthritis had become so advanced into the hip joint that various movements were impeded. A long time supplement user, he fortified himself with various supplements in order to tolerate the operation well and heal quickly. …