Recently, Hubby and I watched a couple of entertaining movies on Netflix – The Thursday Murder Club and Moving On. The Thursday Murder Club stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie as residents in a very nice assisted living facility in England who try to solve cold cases. When a development company threatens to shut down the facility and kick everyone out, they protest and someone is murdered in their midst. Then…
With Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control, this vociferous anti-vaxxer wants to eliminate all vaccines. Based on my family’s experience, let me tell you why this is a very, very bad idea. Both of my parents had paralytic polio as children and it affected them their entire lives. My mom was struck by it on her first day of kindergarten.…
I grew up with the advice to drink 8 eight-ounce cups of water per day. It’s a feat I’ve rarely managed to achieve. I thought I was doing well when I managed to drink 4 eight-ounce cups a day … half the recommended amount. I have since learned that this one-size-fits-all recommendation isn’t the last word on any particular individual’s daily water intake. The Mayo Clinic says several factors determine how much water you need,…