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Sky blue waters do not originate with that commercial1 which sticks in the mind of those who remember it from the late 1970’s.  Nor does this health blog advocate drinking beer!  What we are talking about this first week of Summer is to remember to drink a minimum eight glasses of cool, clear water as the days heat […]

We hardly notice in the beginning. Somehow it becomes easier not to stretch the arm high, bend down on the good knee, raise our foot well over top of the curb or even stand tall. The immobility box is closing in!  We don’t have to live behind those shrinking walls – not yet. The way out

Monday, June 8, 2020, unofficially has been designated National Best Friends Day. Friends are good for health. They stoke appreciation in us.  If a few close friends have come and gone over the years, smile at the memories. Meanwhile…keep your eyes, ears and heart open. More than likely the next one is just around the corner.

As we step into June, for a moment let’s turn off the TV, set aside the world’s trouble and see ourselves frolicking into a happy mind. Our mental health will thank us.  A clear head that supports and encourages family and friends may be our most effective community contribution at this time. WF! This week we’ll have two free 45-minute

Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless.1   Choosing to head out the door for a walk or engage in home exercise sometimes feels like a ceaseless do or don’t I? decision. Remembering that golden day, though, when we chose and committed to take care of our body through exercise, helps set the mind free to step eagerly into today’s activity. For

The loose moment happened last week. I found myself gleefully tearing multiple thin sheets of paper towel off a roll.  Then caution stepped in. “What’s going on?” Thick, quality paper towel rolls had arrived in a large box after a month wait from Amazon. One of these new rolls stood righteously on the counter next

Guardians serve to look after, protect and/or defend. Generally we think of Guardians in the classical sense such as seen in the work of Dorothy Berry-Lound’s lions on stone pillars. My Guardians could be considered more commonplace. They decorate my refrigerator and fend off howling appetite wolves.        Guardians have weathered humanity’s test of

As we wait for COVID-19’s downturn, the quintessential Southern California question arises…shall we go to the Beach (or Bay) today? As you know, a number of “keep moving” boardwalk and mask-optional sand beaches are open as long as we stay six feet apart while walking, running, cycling or surfing. The big “No-No” is to bask in the sun.

This Tuesday, April 28, 2020, comic book aficionados, movie fans and pop culture enthusiasts celebrate the 25th anniversary of National Superhero Day, created by Marvel Comics employees in 1995.  How fitting that this year we find Superheroes in plain sight – stocking shelves at the grocery store, placing Amazon and U.S. postal packages at our front door and caring for

During these relaxed days at home it’s time to be on patrol against our healthy-weight enemy – a closet full of sweatpants.  Military patrols engage in two categories of operation against the enemy:  (1) Combat – which includes raid, ambush and/or security, and (2) Reconnaissance – the avoiding of direct combat while seeking out or confirming previously-gathered