“I don’t know if the conversations I have with God are actually prayer, but I have faith that the conversation is enough. I believe in karma and trying to ‘do the right thing.’ I believe in Mother Nature and try to treat her with as much respect and admiration as possible. When I don’t get…

Do you hate hospitals? Almost everybody does. But today, my ten hours in a regional medical center tending to my ailing father weren’t awful. I went in well-armed with bottled water, Arnica creams, essential oils, and yes, even Steven Halpern’s angel music. And I didn’t eat the hospital’s airline-quality food, driving to a Ruby Tuesdays…

Check out the April issue of Real Simple. It contains a marvelous article about Kate Munger’s all-volunteer choir that sings for the terminally ill. “I don’t feel like I’ve given up anything to do this. I get unbelievable riches, though not the kind you can hold in your hand,” said Munger. “I thought it would…

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin have named their new baby Moses. Apparently, Moses is a common male first name these days, “ranking 472 out of 1219 for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census,” says the baby naming website ThinkBabyNames.com. It’s much more mainstream than Apple (Paltrow’s little girl, now…

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