Life Style
A Reading Addict
I have an addictive psyche. I am addicted to overeating and buying shoes, but I am not addicted to alcohol or coffee or sodas. At times I have mastered food and shoes, but not my earliest addiction: reading. Long before I could read, I took a book with me wherever I went. Our bathroom had […]
What Now?
Love on Wry – Me, Myself, I If I’m not thinking about my disastrous hair thinning and white under Clairol care, my deplorable feet consumes my mind. Every shoe on earth is too tight a bind. I follow these critical issues with deeper thoughts: My writing; my music; my urgent need to hike and swim; […]
Honor Thy Friends and Family as Guests
If you are sixty or younger, you may have decided to keep your lives simple and spurn the “stuff” your parents, grandparents, and aunts and uncles used. Among this “stuff” is our good China, our sterling, our crystal, and our linens – from table linens to guest towels. Most of you feel it’s too much […]
What Now?
We Get By…With a Little Help Could there be a better or more inspiring report than learning about Steven Spielberg’s SHOAH Foundation, and his yeoman efforts to address, combat and eliminate our rising anti-semitism, anti-black, anti-LGBTQ drives, newly motivated by “anything” permissibly spawned without consequence on social media? Fortunately for, I hope, most of us […]
Human TuneUp Column by Cath
Get out those rose-colored glasses. The times they call for them. Yes, Virginia there is a dim side of life. The trick is not to succumb to it. Could it be a matter of turning our attention elsewhere? Perhaps. One of the things I do when my optimism dips? It helps to turn my attention […]
Creating Your Best Retirement Isn’t All About Money
A 2014 study of retirees done by Merrill Lynch and Age Wave led to the following conclusion: “Retirees say health is the number one ingredient for a happy retirement.” Financial security, family and purpose were all important, but health was tops. And this makes perfect sense, as good health leads to living longer, having more […]
Kerri Walsh Jennings Brings Volleyball and Fitness to San Diego
Professional beach volleyball player and three-time Olympic gold medalist, Kerri Walsh Jennings’ event series, p1440 has announced Waterfront Park as the location for its p1440 San Diego stop on its inaugural 2018 – 2019 season. p1440 San Diego is taking place Friday, Nov. 30 through Sunday, Dec. 2. The three-day event will feature a professional […]
Gardening Challenges That Have Become Fulfilling
Most of my column’s readers know I have never been a fan of gardening. This stems from my childhood. I loathed sitting at the dinner table, bored to tears, while my parents discussed crab grass and dichondra or bonsai or orchids, depending on which parent had the floor. I still cannot comprehend how they could […]
Tips to Staying Slim Through the Holidays
If you have big plans for a big holiday dinner that send you into an exercise frenzy in the morning, you are in good company. Data from Fitbit has shown that those using a FitBit run for a longer period of time on Thanksgiving Day than on a non-holiday, typically waking up early to do […]
Human TuneUp Column by Cath
Women. Where are we now? I’m convinced that we women are the answer to the world, that our voices are critical to the health of our communities, our country and planet. Women and power. It has been a long and not-over journey for us. When I think of the cultures on this planet who still […]
