The winter months.
The weather is often cold and gloomy. We tend to spend less time outdoors and reduce our exposure to sunlight. We tend to find that we have low energy and tiredness and begin to lose...
My mother was a pioneer.
Not what you usually think of a woman leaving the comforts of a home on the eastern seaboard and traveling westward in a covered wagon. No, my mother set sail from the western...
The month of April is often considered that dreadful “income tax month.” It does not matter whether you do your own taxes, have a friend or relative do them or use a professional tax preparer.
But...
Election Day has come and gone.
No more candidate commercials. No more mailings, telephone calls or knocks on the door.
Those we elected will serve us for two, four or six years.
I am sure we are...
September – one grandchild is in college and four are in high school. Each is stepping outside their comfort zone and learning new and useful information and is continually improving oneself.
It...
August is “Wellness Month.” It is the month in which one should prepare a personal wellness plan and, if one has a plan, to review it for needed modifications. A wellness plan can help you to live...
I was in college when I discovered that I had glossophobia. An advisor had suggested that I take a speech course. Even then, more than a half-century ago, the importance and value of effective communication...
May – the month of graduations. I graduated in 1955, 1962, 1965 and 1970.
First was graduation from high school in Palmer, Alaska. After serving three years in the U.S. Army, I attended college,...
I told my physical therapist that I had broken my arm in two places. She advised me to stay away from those two places.
Humorous? I hope so, because humor plays an essential role in our overall...
March equals a time of madness. No, I am not referring to basketball. I am referring to the Nenana Ice Classic.
My father was a gambling man. No, not a professional gambler. But upon retirement...
