I loved Lansinoh! I used it for a ton of things, including rough and chapped skin on my hands. I love lanolin, and this formulation is so rich without being greasy or sticky. It’s a fabulous product!

Thanks so much for the compliment, Francine! I look forward to seeing what you’ll choose to write about and learning about all your writing successes

Even when there was no food sold at all in our children’s school, we found that teachers were rewarding good behaviour with candy and feeding children sweet snacks between meals. We also learned that children who were sent healthy lunches from home were getting unhealthy foods from peers or teachers and that teachers were even confusing children…[Read more]

I agree that quotation marks are often misused. Many people use them as a means of emphasis – even teachers! What should be used are italics or boldface, and not quotation marks. Other than when one is directly quoting a source or writing dialogue, there are few legitimate uses of quotation marks.

When they are overused, they are sometimes…[Read more]

Believe it or not, I have never once even tried a cigarette. Smoking always seemed like such a vile habit to me that there was no appeal whatsoever. Even when many of my friends took up smoking, I never even wanted to try it. I guess I am one of those people who just has no predisposition at all for smoking.

Anti-smoking campaigns in North…[Read more]

“Global warming” is actually an outdated term. As the earlier warming spread, the polar ice caps began to melt, just like ice cubes melting in a glass of lemonade. This had the effect of increasing the volume of water in certain places on earth, but also of lowering the water temperature. And that water temperature, in turn, has an impact on the…[Read more]

Good advice, especially about eating whole grains and fresh fruits and vegetables. As far as the fats are concerned, some new research suggests that fat is less of an issue for weight gain than previously thought. And we actually need some healthy fats with our vegetables (e.g. salad dressing) in order to help us obtain the full benefits of the…[Read more]

This is excellent advice for anyone who wants to make any kind of dietary change, for whatever reason. Changes made in a slow and gentle way are more likely to become permanent because the person doesn’t feel deprived.