16th October 2009
October is Breast Cancer Month
Four years ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The cancerous tumor could not be felt by me or my gynecologist or the surgeon who performed my mastectomy. My film mammogram and my ultra sound were inconclusive, but I...
26th August 2009
By Sandy Powers
In 1959, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill making Hawaii the 50th state in the Union. That same year, James Michener’s historical epic, Hawaii, was published after seven years of research. Extraordinary timing. Fifte...
08th August 2009
James Michener Didn’t Have One, Either
The year is 1986. The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 30 seconds after lift off. Chernobyl’s nuclear reactor blows up in the U.S.S.R creating the world’s worst nuclear accident. C...
03rd August 2009
Can Food Cure?
by Sandy Powers
Otiz the Iceman froze in the Alps 5,300 years ago. The well preserved mummy was discovered in 1991 by hikers in the remote Alpine border between Austria and Italy. Along with Otiz were found a copper ax, a flint-...
05th May 2009
Can You Protect Yourself From The Swine Flu?
By Sandy Powers
Every day our bodies are attacked by viruses and bacteria that weaken our immune system and make us more vulnerable to diseases like the Swine Flu.
Swin...
01st May 2009
Get A New Lease On Life
By Sandy Powers
No problem or tragedy is insurmountable. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer and liver problems in 2005, I was devastated. I had surgery for the cancer but I could not undergo additional traditional c...
09th April 2009
Beware of Salmonella in Those Easter Eggs, Mom!
Eggs are a common source of salmonella poisoning. At one time it was believed the intact shell of an egg protected it from salmonella contamination but not so. The inside of the egg is vulnerable as wel...
09th April 2009
A Vegetable Garden on My Back Porch
Recently, I was a guest on Cory Farley’s radio show on KBZZ in Reno, Nevada, to talk about my vegetable garden growing on my back porch. It’s called “square foot gardening.” Not as ambitious as our First La...
01st April 2009
We Live In an Era Of Vita-Mania That Is Increasing Our Risk Of Death
Vita-Mania is an obsession Americans have with vitamin and mineral supplements. Current estimates in a National Health Survey conducted by the CDC (Center Of Disease Control and Pr...
08th January 2009
Searching For Health
By Sandy Powers
Health: a state of physical and mental well-being-- a desired goal we all seek, but not one we all attain. Common sense tells us we begin by eating healthy, yet, what is eating healthy?
There are a...
13th December 2008
The All American Nut
By Sandy Powers
The Native Americans used them to make an intoxicating drink called “Powcohicora.” George Washington was frequently seen munching them. He filled his pockets with them to continue munching thr...
05th December 2008
My Husband Was An Army Cook
By Sandy Powers
My husband was an Army cook. That was one too many cooks in my kitchen.
Every Thanksgiving as I was placing the turkey, breast side up, into the roaster, he’d say, “We didn’t coo...
26th November 2008
Award Winning Guide to Health
Organic for Health by Sandy Powers
Review by Dan Fantin, M.L.I.S., Librarian
Picking up and reading Organic for Health by Sandy Powers was certainly an eye opening experience. Sandy tells the reader after be...
24th November 2008
Another Gift From The Kitchen
By Sandy Powers
Keeping with our theme of gifts from the kitchen for the holidays during these difficult economic times, I’ve included a special cookie with history called the Anzac cookie. Rem...
23rd October 2008
A Return to More Simple Gifts for the Holidays
By Sandy Powers
These are difficult economic times without any sight of change in the foreseeable future. We will return to pleasures in our lives that are unconnec...
