My stepson is staying with his mother for the summer holiday. He went there about a week ago and will be there for six weeks. Yesterday, he called because he and his mother had an argument. “I hate arguments,” he kept saying on the phone. “Now my whole summer vacation is ruined. I can’t believe my whole vacation is ruined.” He kept insisting that his vacation was ruined because of one simple argument. Read more »

In our society not needing a lot of sleep is seen as a good thing. “I only need a couple hours sleep,” my mother often brags. “I can go to bed at 11:30 and get up at 4:30 and I’m fine.” But is she really fine? Read more »

To do two things at once is to do neither. (Publilius Syrus)

I’ve been scurrying around trying to get everything done at once these days. “There’s just so much to do,” I keep saying. But I’ve found that in the last week, I’ve done less than I usual. That’s because while trying to preform one task, I’m constantly thinking about the other tasks I need to do. This slows me down and causes me to loose focus. Read more »

Life seems to be becoming more and more stressful. People generally have less time to do what they enjoy. Read more »

I’ve always thought that what you put in your body is very important. Recently, I saw an interview with Michael Pollan that expressed the same idea. I have not read his book but I agree with most everything in the interview. Since watching it, my husband and I use the term “food like substance” all the time. The interview is in four parts. I’ll post the first and if you like it you can find the other parts on your own. Read more »

A friend of mine recently decided to cut down her caffeine consumption. She gets most of her caffeine from drinking 6 to 10 large glasses of tea a day. “No more iced tea for me,” she told me. Then she picked a day to go cold turkey. Read more »