Most of us look forward to springtime. The flowers are blooming. The temperature (if we actually have an actual Spring season! And, obviously, you west coast folks have Spring all year in some places, so this part isn’t directed at you!) is just perfect. Not too hot. Not too cold. What’s not to love about …
It has been said that gardeners live longer. I think I might know why! Would you like me to let you in on a way that you can improve strength, build muscle, burn some fat, improve your circulation, improve balance, increase metabolism, remove toxins (as cardio tends to do!) and for the ladies, get a …
According to Wikipedia, researchers trace the origin of spring cleaning to the Iranian Nowruz, the Persian new year, which falls on the first day of spring. It is traditional to clean the house thoroughly either right before or during the first week of Great Lent, which is referred to as Clean Week. For most of us, Spring cleaning refers to the practice of …
Well, it looks like I’m going to see another birthday this week. Another year gone by. And what a year it was! This time last year I was hanging out with my cousin in NYC having a ball. I left NY and headed to New Orleans. Yup. I was in the first two hot beds …
To my non POC readers, you may or may not have seen the movie or read the book by Terry McMillan entitled “Waiting to Exhale.” If you missed it, it was a story about a group of four friends who got together on the regular to vent about love and life. I thought the whole …
I know! Not what you expected! As I look out the window and see snow on the ground here on the east coast, I can’t help but miss SoCal. Why? The weather! For a good part of the year, it feels like spring! EVERY DAY. And fortunately, living near the water, I rarely experienced the …
A few weeks ago, while scrolling Netflix options I came across Chris Rock’s documentary “Good Hair.” I decided to check it out. It was not only entertaining, it was also very enlightening. Having a hairstylist daughter, I have always asked a lot of questions as I watched women in the salon get 20 inch hair …
I’m pretty confident almost everyone has seen the movie Jerry McGuire and remembers the cute kid explain to Jerry how much the human head weighed. I believe he said it weighed 8lbs. (In my Jonathan Lipnicki voice) Did you know of that 8lb head (although I’m sure I’ve seen larger!) the human brain on average …
We often think about creativity as creating some sort of art, but the root meaning of the word actually means ‘to grow’. To be creative is to grow and to feel alive. Actor/Director Tim Robbins states, “Creativity is essential to your well-being.” Robbins runs an actor’s workshop in a CA prison. It was featured in …
If you are like me, you are experiencing some serious feelings of anger and disgust toward a whole lot of folks this week. You’re also experiencing feelings of fear and anxiety about the future of this country and more immediately, the next two weeks. You’re PTFO about the illegal, impeachable, conduct of this unhinged, deranged, …