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The Elder Care Blues: Where the Birds Scream

I telephone my mother. Between sobs and screams, she gasps for air and says, “Come! Now! I need you.” I ask, “Are you dying?” This may seem callous, or even funny, but it is actually a good question, a fair [...]

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The Elder Care Blues: WAKING UP ‘DOWN’

posted by Janice Taylor, Editor

There is a borderland state called hypnagogia. It is a place of transition; a space that is rapt with images, symbols and words that captivate the mind as they move you from wakefulness to sleep (referred to as hypnagogic) and, [...]

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The Elder Care Blues: Things Could Be Worse … and, they will be.

posted by Janice Taylor, Editor

The thing about life is that life has a life of its own, and you just never know when ‘life’s life’ is going to show up and where ‘it’ is going to take you. For the most part the unexpected [...]

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Eat This: Lose Weight - Crunchy, Satisfying, FAT-Burning Broccoli Salad
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#OneWord Thursday: What is your #style? Inner-style? Spiritual style?
What is your style? Inner-style? Spiritual style? What is style? Style is a combination of self-awareness, self-knowledge, personality and fashion. True style, inner-style, spiritual-style requires that one feels comfortable in their own skin, at home in their body. Your outer-style re

posted 12:36:33pm May. 23, 2013 | read full post »

Best Weight Loss Tips: Set Your Table for Change!
Here, today, right NOW, Our Lady of Weight Loss shares some of her best non-food weight loss tips! Tips that set the stage for change, and set your table for success! Use dark, small plates! Studies show that people will eat whatever is put in front of them and, in fact, they are actually left

posted 10:23:23am May. 22, 2013 | read full post »

Kick in the Tush Tuesday: Empty Your Mental Junk Drawer
“I believe in roses. And I believe in putting roses into a vase and sitting the vase on the table. I believe in getting lost and being found, I believe in going barefoot, and in laughter! My religion is to laugh at myself, whenever I can! I believe in the sunlight and in grey skies with big, bea

posted 12:40:02pm May. 21, 2013 | read full post »

Puzzled? "Chuga-Squeak" speaks
"Chuga-squeak, Chuga-squeak," repeats the Grackle. Our Tucson courtyard, amass in Palm, Olive, Mesquite and Cyprus trees, is home to the Grackle. The Grackle is longer than most blackbirds, slimmer than most crows. Grackle males are colorful; very iridescent with their long tails, distinct

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