The people of Okinawa, an island a thousand miles south of Japan’s main landmass, are known for their longevity. This Pacific archipelago has been referred to by early Chinese expeditions as the land of the immortals. Nine lessons from the Okinawans Buettner believes help them live long, happy lives: Stay active-Older Okinawans are active walkers […]
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“The Blue Zones”, a result of the longevity research project funded by National Geographic, outlines the diets, healthy habits, and cultural values of identified long-lived groups. Diet does tend to be the entrance ramp for better health according to Dan Buettner. In addition he reports, “None of the spry 90 and 100 year-olds I met […]
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An article in the Seattle Times by Carrie Dennett, RDN entitled “How to Eat Mindfully at the Holidays” had some great suggestions as we head into the holiday season. Use all of your senses and choose food that is both satisfying and nourishing. honor hunger-do not be ravenous before you eat stay nourished-schedule regular meals and […]
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Our day trip to visit “the lakes” could not have been more perfect. My mom and I packed our lunch and headed out to see my sister who was already there. Sister Jill standing on her dock. Wood duck lake pictured above, was one of our favorite lakes to swim in. It is small, but […]
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My mom is a DQ soft serve ice cream lover. She always gets a small swirl cone. When in town, we visit the DQ at least one time (sometimes even more than once, since you just cannot find soft serve ice cream quite like the DQ’s:). She also likes to go out for coffee when […]
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When I come to Peoria, my mom, sister and I like to take a drive up along the Illinois River, especially when the weather is so gorgeous. Growing up, my siblings and I would spend some weekends at my aunt and uncle’s “river” house. We have many happy (and some interesting:) memories of the times […]
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One of the things I try to do with my mom when I swoop in for a visit, is hang out with her at her lake cabin. Sometimes the weather just does not cooperate, but this fall has been warm and wonderful. The area deserves some relief since their summer was beastly hot and humid. […]
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Last week my blog focus was on moving and the importance of the fitness trifecta. Wellness also includes the trifecta of body, mind and spirit and for our health to thrive it is important to have balance in our lives. In my blog this past June, I mentioned a great article on the Huffington […]
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We got a workout climbing the stairs to the Cape Point Lighthouse while sight-seeing at the Cape of Good Hope near the “end of the world”! Cape Town Sunset Grilled Springbok (antelope) and ostrich at our Airbnb after a day of touring and wine tasting was just what the weary travelers needed. My son challenged […]
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This blog post featured photo is of the dry river bed next to camp. We could sit out on the deck of our tent, look out across the river bed and see elephants on the far bank feeding in the trees. A herd of over five hundred water buffalo moved right past our vehicle. We […]
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