Doesn’t it seem like some days, news headlines are dominated by cancer?  Here’s what jumped off the screen today–two stories that highlight the tragedy and bravery, the horror and human triumph, of the disease: — A 10-Year-Old with Breast Cancer – Hannah Powell-Auslam is going through something no pre-teen ever imagines: treatments for breast cancer. …

“Move over, green tea? Recent studies indicate that coffee drinkers are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s, colon cancer, and diabetes compared to non-drinkers, and they’re also less apt to die from heart disease.”  So begins Dan Fields’ wonderful new Beliefnet gallery, “10 Hidden Health Secrets of Coffee.” As Fields points out–and as researchers are rightly…

Dear readers, I’m moving.  My husband and I bought a single family house, and we are leaving our condo behind after 9 happy years here.  And following a full weekend of staging the condo for showings and initiating the packing process, may I just say….?  This is really hard. There are specific ways in which…

My grandfather was a champion of manners, and one of the most basic ones he advocated was that the first thing you said to family members in the morning should be, “Good morning.”  Not “What’s for breakfast?” or “I’m late, gotta go.”  Just “Good morning.” In Paris this past week, I thought of my grandfather…

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