From My Author’s POV
Sharing My Emotionally Painful Antisemitic Experiences
Why I Wrote This Post I normally do not write deeply personal experiences in my blog post. However, after the attack on the United States Capital building, my broken heart felt a need to share my thoughts. I am grateful that I have never been physically harmed by actions of Antisemitism. However, the Antisemitism I…
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Easy Tips to Keep 2021 Your New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s Resolution History The tradition of the New Year’s Resolutions can be traced back to 153 B.C. Janus, a mythical king of early Rome was placed at the head of the calendar. With two faces, Janus could look back on past events and forward to the future. Janus became the ancient symbol for resolutions…
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My Mother’s Mushroom Barley Soup Will Win Your Heart and Warm Your Bones!
A Hearty Healthy Soup Our cold winter and snowy Chicago winter has began. That means it is time to make my mother’s hearty soup. However, you do not have to live in a cold climate to enjoy making and eating her soup. For me, it is the perfect time to make my mother’s mushroom barely…
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A Poem of Thankfulness for Thanksgiving and Every Day!
A Poem of Thankfulness Many years ago, my yoga teacher, Erinn Green, read this beautiful and inspiring poem at the end of class. I have it pasted on the mirror in our master bathroom to remind me to be thankful and grateful, even when my Blue Heart is breaking. I hope you will enjoy…
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Words Wednesday – “Honoring Our Veterans”
Words Wednesday Today my words are “Honoring our Veterans.” Today is is Veterans Day a reminder of all the men and woman who have heroically served our country and enabled us to enjoy the freedoms we enjoy each day. When I was a child, the day to honor veterans was called Armistice Day. In 1921, Congress declares…
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National Diabetes Awareness Month and A Warning about Statins for People with Diabetes!
National Diabetes Month November is National Diabetes Month. I want to share my personal opinion and research as a warning about statin drugs that are prescribed for general public and for individuals with Type One Diabetes (T1D. Statin Articles I first learned about the dangers of statins from my friend and compounding pharmacist, Carter Black,…
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Hold Your Breath!
Holding my breath Yesterday, I experienced a routine ultrasound. The technician instructed me to take in a deep breath and hold my breath. I explained to her that I had been practicing yoga more than 25 years and I preferred my Belly Breathing, which might make her job more challenging. She said it would and…
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Gardening can help to heal your heart!
Planning a New Garden I am back from my High Holidays respite. I have begun the new year of 5781 by planting in my new garden. I have sweet memories of working in the garden with my parents in the back yard of our home. It was a treat playing in the dirt and tending…
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What Sparks ignite your STRESS?
News and Stress It seems that everyone is talking about the stress they are experiencing. My neighbor and I were discussing how the daily news about the Coronavirus, the economy, demonstrations, deaths, students remote learning at home, and the 2020 election can spark and ignite an individual’s stress level. Social media, newspapers, radio programs, blogs, and…
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Word Wednesday – “First they came…”
The photo is a variation of Pastor Niemöller famous quote: “First they came…” Pastor Niemöller (1892-1984) was one of the brave German church leaders who spoke out publicly against the Nazis’ persecution of Jews and other minority groups while Adolf Hitler was in power. He was arrested and put in a Nazi concentration camp for…
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Discover Wisdom and Poetry to Cultivate Your Garden for Daily Living!
It have found it difficult to find comfort and peace in my heart and brain during this turbulent time in our country. The way for me to remain healthy and deal with those feeling is to tend my gardens by planting new flowers, transplanting and dividing old plants, diffing up weeds, watering, and feeding all…
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Taps Across America in Our Neighborhood!
Yesterday, our neighbors, who are Air Force Veterans, asked their daughter to play Taps at 3:00 PM. Jordan, our other neighbors, and I stopped whatever we were doing and went outside to stand on our front lawns to observe Taps across America. Taps was played twice, while we all stood at attention with our hands…
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