Vegan recovery

Photo credit Heather Kennedy available on Flickr under Creative Commons.   I have been on and off short bursts of vegetarian / vegan / raw food diets in my life. The longest, 100% vegetarian dedication lasted for about a year. Nevertheless, I do understand the...

Northern lights: I like the night

Image credit Malcolm Manners available on Flickr under Creative Commons. One of my favorite little books of poems is “Northern Lights and Midnight Sun”. It was bought by my friend in Norway many years ago. Norway is a special country on many levels. It...

Why sitting kills, while moving heals

  Sitting kills, who would say that? Sitting Kills, Moving Heals is a title of a book by Joan Vernikos. It grabs my attention. Why? Because it is a light read with an important message. Joan is an expert in stress and aging, a former director of Life Sciences at NASA....