It has been one month since I had my hip replaced at the Swedish Orthopedic Institute in Seattle. The last time I had spent any time at Swedish was to give birth to my sons in the mid 80’s. Due to Covid 19 there are strict rules and limits regarding who can come in with […]
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Vivid memories of life’s firsts can make you smile or make you sigh with sadness. We all remember the first kiss, the first car, the first “real” job, the first heartbreak on that endless list. Many of us have similar items on our list of firsts, but do you really know how many things you […]
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Ten years ago I experienced a health and wellness crisis. Due to the perfect storm of events, I had given up connecting with myself. I lost focus and could not admit to myself I needed to reevaluate my priorities and participate in those experiences that fed my spirit and made me happy and fulfilled. Connecting […]
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I really enjoyed reading this interview I found on GrubStreet before my walk this morning. GrubStreet is one of the nation’s leading creative writing centers. Here was one of the interviewer’s questions: Q: I want to lose weight. Is diet really more important than exercise? “Yes. It is much easier to outeat running than […]
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I recently read an obituary of a woman in her late 90’s who passed away from the coronavirus. Her older sister passed away 102 years ago during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic! Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day 2020 falls in the same year that we are struggling with the […]
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Today is the last day of March and due to the coronavirus pandemic, I missed blogging about National Nutrition Month. Since we are all hunkered down, their could not be a better time to cook and eat whole foods at home. This is your opportunity to really focus on what you drink and what you […]
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It is the start of a new week of social distancing. According to Nancy Lublin who co-founded Crisis Text Line, a nonprofit text-messaging organization, the volume of messages has surged during the coronavirus pandemic. In her words, “What we need right now is physical distance and social connection.” Anxiety is high and we all have […]
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What a difference a week makes. Last Friday was March 13th, and many would not have predicted where we are today, one week later! In Washington State, we are social distancing in an attempt to flatten the curve of additional exposure to the coronavirus. Immersing yourself in nature is restorative and studies have found that […]
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The arrival in Seattle and the United States, of Covid-19 has been an eye-opening experience. It landed on our shores and is altering our daily lives in ways we never really could have imagined. There have been those trying to educate us to become prepared, only apparently we were not listening. It seems to be […]
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Governor Jay Inslee said Monday that a statewide closure of restaurants, bars, entertainment and recreational facilities will last two weeks and may be extended as Washington state uses social distancing to try to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Inslee also included entertainment, leisure and non-essential services in the emergency proclamation. All schools in […]
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