Recipes, they're more than a list of ingredients and a few sentences of instruction. Some recipes, they tug at our hearts, they evoke emotion, they help us remember. For most of us, our mothers...

Fox News thinks ACORN is going to crash conservative Tea Parties...perhaps they haven't met my daughter and I? We're holding our own Tea Party. In case you missed it, "anti-tax" protesters...

Spring's arrival means the return of flip flops and short sleeves but for the 'foodies' among us, spring means the much-welcome return of fresh vegetables and fruits at our local farmers markets....

Check it out! Another new social networking tool has been rolled out today in My BlogHer: BlogHer Groups! Groups that you can join. Groups that you can create. Be sure to use the search tools...

How appropriate.  Here I am with my first post as a mid-life blogger and the wonderful, wise Morra Aarons, a CE herself, offers a report that tells us that "The 2009 National Study of the...

Think local. That's what you often hear when you try to adopt a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle. And it's true. Shop at your farmer's market, support local farming, buy from your neighborhood artisans, and you will help take a step toward...

Kindness rocks. In all its forms be it big or small, random or planned, from strangers or loved ones. As I paddle through life right now it's more on the kayaking through choppy water side than canoeing on a placid lake. Interesting, challenging,...

Funerals were held this weekend for four of the 11 women whose bodies were found in a Cleveland, Ohio row house earlier this month, apparent victims of convicted sex offender Anthony Sowell. Sowell, 50, has been charged with multiple counts of rape and...

Pennsylvania's Lincoln University has instituted a requirement that first-year students who arrive on campus with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher must either lower their BMI below 30 or take a one-unit course called "Fitness for Life" in order...

It was hard to write this post without singing The Twelve Days of Christmas (Five Golden Rings!) but I did have a good time putting it together. Herewith, my Twelve Days Of Giving which can certainly be edited down to eight or two or even five,...