Time to stop worrying
I admit that I am a chronic worrier. I live in a state of anxiety much of the time. And yet, I know the futility of worry. It is a useless emotion, which… Continue reading
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Fertility hope after cancer
Scientists have found a way to awaken dormant ovarian follicles, possibly making more eggs available for reproduction during a woman’s lifespan – more eggs would significantly raise the odds of older or infertile… Continue reading
Meat Free Monday
Debbie Last week’s post on the role broccoli may play in breast cancer prevention prompted my friend Debbie to send me this delicious sounding recipe. Debbie writes: Your post about broccoli encouraged me… Continue reading
Celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day®
Major advances in cancer prevention, early detection and treatment have resulted in longer survival. among those who have been diagnosed with cancer. However, as I have written of here many times, surviving cancer… Continue reading
Poetry Friday
Hope Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune–without the words, And never stops at all, And sweetest in the gale is heard; And… Continue reading
Washing up meditation
Anything you do with awareness is meditation. Just quietly concentrating on your own breathing is meditation. Chores are a great way of practising. Enjoy the feeling of the warm water on your hands.… Continue reading
Broccoli fights breast cancer
According to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a compound derived from broccoli could help prevent or treat breast cancer by targeting cancer stem cells( the… Continue reading
Lessons from Riverdance
Terry Hershey recounts this tale which really struck a cord with me after my musings on keeping that holiday feeling alive. On NPR’s This American Life , Ira Glass interviewed a young woman,… Continue reading
Meat Free Monday
Did you know that asparagus has been used from early times as a vegetable and medicine? There is a recipe for cooking asparagus in the oldest surviving book of recipes, Apicius’s third century AD… Continue reading
Back home again…
Hi everyone. Did you miss me?? Well, I am back home again, tired, jet-lagged, with a suit case overflowing with laundry and bits and pieces picked up at the mall, and a heart overflowing with wonderful memories of… Continue reading
