This post is about chemistry. I do not mean the male-to-female type (although I write this with love!). Rather, I mean the academic kind of chemistry (since I am a bit of a nerd and will honor that part of me at any opportunity!). Read More
Have you ever thought about why rates of cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses continue to rise, despite increasing healthcare costs?
We tend to normalize illness based on how widespread it is in the United States, but illness is not the normal state of our bodies. Read More
This is the post from Daily Om that I follow. Today’s message was particularly relevant! “Our thoughts are not simply ethereal pieces of information that enter our minds and then disappear. The words and ideas that we think can shape our lives and drive us toward success and happiness or failure and distress." Read More
A short boat trip to Sag Harbor, NY, this past weekend granted me access to a number of fashionable home decor boutiques. It has been a couple of summers since I spent time in Sag. In past seasons, I’ve been graced with the generosity of staying with friends in Sagaponack, Bridgehampton, Water Mill, Southampton, Wainscott, and East Hampton. Read More
In the world of modern nutrition, almost everyone is on one diet or another, and people dwell on fats, proteins, and lists of “good” and “bad” foods. Low fat, low carb, Paleo, vegan, Atkins…. Read More
It seems that many of us are chasing it— success. That sometimes elusive thing… what is it exactly? Is it a state of being, a status, title, honor, code, journey, endpoint, path, mission, entity, object, possession…? If it is not well defined, how would we know when we have arrived at, achieved, or felt it? Read More
Researchers have been warning about the dangers of ocean pollution – especially the accumulation of plastic – for decades. However, it is only recently that comprehensive studies have begun to emerge showing just how contaminated life in the ocean has become. Read More
It occurred to me that I had yet to write my monthly post for this blog for the month of June. Almost as if a mental alarm sounded off in my brain, I was reminded that a post was perhaps due. Luckily, I was made aware of this before the end of the month! Read More
There’s a Quote-a-Day calendar on my desk that helps me to keep the date accurately. Each day when I walk into my office, I flip the page to mark another 24 hours in my life. In addition to keeping me organized, from time to time, a quote inspires me to speculate beyond my walls. Read More