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2019-04-12
Getting my daily/weekly exercise does not automatically occur in my thoughts and in my life. But I am committed to a mobile body until I die. What has worked for me is to be consistent for short perio...
2019-03-30
GAMBARU is a gramatical variation of "GAMBATTE!" - A word often said by a Japanese mother as she sends her children/husband out into the world. It has a mix of meanings: use self-control, persist, ove...
2019-03-19
Today, my 11-yr-old granddaughter is sick and didn’t go to school. We had a talk. I suggested we have a secret between us. She agrees not to discuss it with anyone else and when we remind each other o...
2019-03-18
As we work to put together the book about Sam's life and cartoons, I am reminded of the Beagle puppy, "Sonsie", we acquired from my co-worker during that first year of our marriage. We had an apartmen...
2019-03-17
A landmark study done at UC Berkeley and research done by Nobel Prize winning Elizabeth Blackburn suggest: "The Shaklee population was only one-third as likely to have telomeres in the bottom quartile...
2019-03-07
WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN BIRTH/LIFE AND A FELONY?? At what point do we call it a ‘SIN”?Dr. Leaf, neuroscientist on YouTube explains, “You (all of us) are a Neuroplastician. You are able to perform your ow...
2019-03-03
Does how we think change our brain? Bea and I regularly talk about how she can fight her depression with more attention to choosing what she thinks that leads to her actions. Last Thursday she came ov...
2019-02-22
Everywhere I turn, there are suggestions about incorporating “Meditation” in our lives. Our daughter, Lynette, has become a teacher of Yoga and Reiki; teaching me about the 7 Chakras - Breathing in an...
2019-02-14
I’m sitting here having a cup of Shaklee’s Macha tea. It has more caffeine than a cup of coffee,72mg; but it doesn’t make me jittery and coffee does. The reason, according to Dr. Brouse, is the Athean...
2019-02-07
Sam was not typical of those of us with Japanese Heritage who hoped to have sons to carry on their family name and traditions. He wanted his wife and daughters, to develop our talents. He didn’t mind ...