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Why Do My Orchids Die?

| April 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

In March, Mission Hills Garden Club members learned about the cultivation of orchids from Tom Biggart.  He has loved orchids most of his life and has a vast variety of them. He has so many plants that he and his wife had to leave their Kensington home for more land in El Cajon. This was […]

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Secret # 7: Giving Acknowledgement or Positive Support

| April 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

More Than Nice Talk  Sabine Starr, Certified Life Coach In this series of 10 stunningly simply principles that can improve life quality significantly, number seven is about giving acknowledgements and positive support. Our minds are constantly receiving loads of information from our five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, touch with our skin. If the incoming […]

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To Sleep, Perchance to Take Herbs

| April 30, 2012 | 1 Comment
To Sleep, Perchance to Take Herbs

There has been a recent blast of new research that confirms something you already suspected: you are sleep deprived and it is causing health problems for you.  The evidence is now overwhelming that lack of sleep, even just the occasional all-nighter to study or finish a good book, has an immediate effect on blood sugar, […]

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Exercise is Medicine Month

| April 30, 2012 | 0 Comments
Exercise is Medicine Month

May is Declared Month to Promote Fitness Rather than medicine as the fix all for physical aches and pains. Anthony Carey of Function First, an exercise studio in Mission Hills, located at 3974 Dove Street in Mission Hills, is encouraging those with bodily discomfort and other ailments to turn to exercise. To help promote the […]

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Meet Steve Berry

| April 30, 2012 | 0 Comments
Meet Steve Berry

A Fixture on the New York Times bestseller list This guy is amazing. Steve Berry is a prolific writer and a constant fixture on the New York Times bestseller lists. Steve Berry has also been translated into 40 languages with more than 14 million printed books in 51 countries, worldwide. Berry was raised in Georgia […]

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A Mid-Century Modern Home Shows How Going Green be Luxurious

| April 30, 2012 | 2 Comments
A Mid-Century Modern Home Shows How Going Green be Luxurious

By Patty Ducey-Brooks If you travel around Mission Hills you will quickly realize that the community is quite diverse, in terms of architecture, style, history and tastes. Because of the interests, attitudes and backgrounds of the residents, it’s easy to understand the reason for this diversity. Mission Hills’ residents seek to identify themselves by the […]

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

| April 5, 2012 | 0 Comments
How Does Your Garden Grow?

Cara Wilson-Granat, author and inspirational speaker, will be at Mission Hills Nursery, 1525 Fort Stockton Drive, 11:30 a.m., Sunday, April 15, 2012.   Wilson-Granat covers the themes of power of hope and making positive life choices. She will also introduce her newest book, “It Takes A Lot Of Sh*t” to make a garden grow. Her newest […]

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Creating a Visual Impression of a Garden

| April 5, 2012 | 0 Comments
Creating a Visual Impression of a Garden

Helen Shafer Garcia captured the Mission Hills Garden Club members’ attention at the February 29 meeting.  She is an artist, illustrator, teacher, gardener, and public speaker. Shafer Garcia’s diverse activities have included translating professional landscapers’ rough diagrams into a visual impression of what the garden will be when complete.  In addition to helping clients visualize, […]

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The 10 Commandments for Losing Weight…and Keeping it Off!

| April 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Success breeds success. What exactly, in terms of lifestyle changes, do people who have been highly successful at both losing weight and keeping it off over the long term do? That’s just what researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Colorado set out to determine when they began their on-going study called […]

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Secret # 6: How Listening Makes You a Popular Person and Beyond

| April 5, 2012 | 0 Comments

Have you ever talked to someone and realized how wonderful a listener that person is and how much you admire her or him? It seems so amazing that we can learn so much about others, while they are simply listening. On the other hand, have you ever talked to someone who was already taking a […]

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