If you’ve been meaning to learn Spanish for a while, you may have heard and read that immersion is the…
Natural Ways That May Help Lower High Blood Pressure
This post is about natural ways—foods, remedies, and lifestyle changes—that may help lower hypertension. Please note that the information contained…
How to Read 140 Books a Year. But Should You?
John Matthew Fox, who keeps a website for writers (Bookfox), sent out a newsletter recently about two fellow authors meeting…
Celebrating Rae Armantrout’s Poetry on World Poetry Day 2021
On World Poetry Day this year I’ve decided to spend some more time with Rae Armantrout’s poetry, for the benefit…
Being Selective: On Steering Children Away from Too Much Technology
As a child, I used to play with dandelions. I would pick their leaves to feed them to my aunt’s…
Eggless, Gluten-Free, Sugar-Free Forest Fruit Cheesecake
Hi, welcome to my go-to recipe for cheesecake. I’ve perfected it in time and now I only vary the fruit…
Punchline (1988), Starring Tom Hanks. A Sort of Review (with Spoilers!)
I caught Punchline (1988) on TV a few days ago around 11–11:30 p.m., while I was waiting for a mango…
Healthy, Satisfying Homemade Romanian Pizza
So what is homemade Romanian pizza, you may ask? It’s pizza with lots of toppings baked in a round pizza…
The Health Benefits of Walking
Here it goes again, another day without walking. And that after just reading in Norman Doidge’s book The Brain’s Way…
Reversing Type 2 Diabetes with Intermittent Fasting; and More
So it turns out that intermittent fasting leads to improved insulin sensitivity, which—and here’s the wonderful leap—can even help reduce…
