Have you had your daily dose of dopamine? Chances are, if you’re a woman, you have.
I got to thinking about this when I heard a little segment on the Today Show this morning about the possible brain chemistry of people like the Wallendas or Knievels. You know, like Alex Wallenda walking and (gasp, [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, I hit the grocery store for a few items. And I mean, just a few because I was in a hurry. I was rather sailing down the the bread aisle when I almost took out an older gentleman who was reaching for a loaf of rye bread. How did I [...]

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If you know me well, you know that I love Bran Muffins from Dunkin’ Donuts.
That’s it, though.  Dunkin’ Donuts is it.
I have met lots of Bran Muffins that I don’t like… in restaurants, in coffee shops and cafes, all over the country and even other parts of the world.  I have tried baking my [...]

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The CVS/Caremark Downtown 5K winds through the beautiful and historic streets of downtown Providence. This past Sunday, the CVS 5K kicked off under a spectacular blue, sun-filled sky. More than 8,000 runners registered for the race, including more than 6,000 for the main race event. The starting field included eight Olympic runners, [...]

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I am outraged this morning.  Must everything we touch, everything we consume, everything we use cause suspicion?  There is an old saying… “He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.”
We as parents and grandparents must be “the thorn” in the hands, the minds, the hearts and the profits of companies who continue to contaminate [...]

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The good old national pastime. Baseball.
You know, where you root, root, root for the home team?
And eat, eat, eat ’til you’re as big as… well, Frank “The Big Hurt” Thomas.

This past Sunday, Jane, her husband Steve, my husband Barry and I went to a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. The day [...]

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Twitter? Tweet? Tweight? T-what?
Come on. I came of age in the 60’s. The only “tw…” I knew from that era was Twiggy.
OK. Maybe with my fishnet stockings, white go-go boots, mini-skirts and halter tops, Twiggy should have made more of an impact on me. But she didn’t.
It took [...]

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