How to break bad habits
Bad habits can include overeating, drinking too much, procrastinating or even feeling anxious.
Health & Wellness
What my father-in-law taught me
My father-in-law, Maurice Burke passed away on Jan 24, 2021. He passed away at home at 90 years old of natural causes late at night surrounded by his wife and daughter. Burke Family a couple years ago In the time since I’ve had some thoughts about what I learned from him. For the past, 10 … Read more
Juice Plus+ vs Vitamins
We often hear I take vitamins so I don’t need Juice Plus+. With the help of Dr. Smokey Santillo, I’ll do my best to explain why that’s not true. Dr. Santillo is the developer of Juice Plus+. He did so to help his father’s nutritional needs during his bought of Cancer. Dr. Santillo recommends that … Read more
Social Media can bring out the worst
I’ve gotten some strongly worded replies to a couple of posts lately. The replies made me wonder and worry about people’s motivations for replying to someone they don’t know with pretty harsh words. I realize I don’t know people’s situations so I’m not being overly critical. Even though I receive hundreds of supporting replies those … Read more
The Call to Courage – Brene Brown Special
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Merry Christmas 2020
Della and I decided to start a new Christmas tradition this year. Della spent the day baking and we headed out to make some drop-offs and look at Christmas lights. Alberta has such a huge sky that my iPhone Camera can’t do it or the Chinook Arch Justice. I think we captured the “Christmas Star” … Read more
We took a different path
We walk as much as we can. This morning was glorious so we went for a walk on a slightly different path. There is a closed rodeo event going on this weekend so there are livestock and a few trailers in the infield.
Travellin’ Tower Garden
We love adding fresh vegetables to our daily protein shakes. We prefer to grow our own. That’s no small challenge during a Canadian winter or while we’re in the RV during the summer. We’ve come up with a solution though. It’s called Tower Garden and its an aeroponic, soil free, weed free, quick, efficient way … Read more
Pause, reset, dream
Events this week made me consider other peoples circumstances during this period of social isolation. First off, Della and I are both well. We’ve adapted to a very comfortable schedule of house and yard work, preparing home cooked meals, baking, reading, writing, staying in touch with family and friends, volunteering and learning about new subjects. … Read more
10% of People eat enough Fruit & Vegetables
Can you believe it? Just 10% of people eat the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables. No wonder we have a health epidemic! This information comes from the Centers for Disease Control in the U.S. but I don’t think we in Canada are in any better shape. After all, most of the U.S. has a … Read more