03rd September 2009
If you are suffering from hemorrhoids (also known as piles), you are certainly not alone. Men and women both have them, and they occur more in those 45 to 65 years of age. The first sign is normally bleeding (bright red because it is from arteries), but y...
04th June 2009
Have you always wanted to write for newspapers, magazines, or books? There are many factors to consider in order to be successful. In many ways the actual writing is one of the easiest parts. You often don't need to be especially talented if you have a go...
21st October 2007
Experts have known for a long time that fall and winter doldrums are often caused by lack of light. It is called Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. I can remember working in offices flooded by fluorescent lights, and I can't say I was ecstatic all day....
21st October 2007
What goes with the American male anyway? Why do so many women in their 20's. 30's and 40's feel they have to resort to reading romance books in order to have romance in their lives? Sales of paperback books exceed millions and millions of dollars annually...
21st August 2006
When it comes to dinner, make it simple
The coming season is the time of the year when more cooking is done than at any other time. I have always liked to cook, but would never spend hours laboring over some culinary masterpiece like some mothers do. ...
17th August 2006
The Adventures of a Newspaper Boy's Mother
The woman in the doorway is saying, "I don't want the paper except on alternate Tuesdays, and every third Sunday until October 1. Steve stands on her porch, looks bewildered, and turning to ...
17th August 2006
One thing is for sure: the quickest way to lose sleep, your marbles, and fifty percent of your possessions is to move. Moving is as much fun as an abcessed tooth or a tax audit. There is one advantage though. It turned me, a former pack rat, into a trash ...
16th August 2006
When our adopted son Chris was eight years old, and in one of his philosophic moods he said, "All I ever want is nice warm pajamas, and lots of butter on my toast." Happily, those things are now a reality for him as a successful businessman, husband, and ...
14th August 2006
As a mother of six adopted children (both babies and older children) I know how confusing adoption can be, and how many questions you might have. It is like taking on an entirely new journey with no one to show you. the way You are excited, but anxious ...
