A few years ago, I had the opportunity to visit China and spend some time in Beijing. One of my favorite morning activities was to go to a public park close to my hotel.
I was at a barbeque last week with my husband and his car club friends. They were surprised when we told them our oldest daughter graduated from high school the week before. Although they are long-time friends of my husband’s, they only see our kids once a year at his club’s car show.
Because of the plethora of symptoms, diagnosing TIA has taken on a life of its own and can be easily overused.
I got a new couch. Those groans you hear are my mother and my sister reading this and thinking, “Another one? Really?” This is because in the 22 years we’ve been living in this house, we’ve had more couches than you can count on one hand.
The Seattle Aquarium today unveiled its $6.5 million new harbor seal exhibit with doubled-tank depths, 180-degree visitor viewing outdoors and surround seating for 100 people. Visitors will now enjoy stunning views of the Aquarium’s three harbor seals Barney, Q and Siku in a new naturalistic habitat against the backdrop of Pier 60’s panoramic views of Puget Sound and salty sea air.
Thomas Hardy was born on June 2, 1840, in Stinsford, a village on the southern coast of England. Though perhaps best known for his many novels, Hardy abandoned fiction after receiving an increasingly negative reception from critics of the time and turned entirely to poetry. He died in 1928.
My neighborhood girlfriend, who is ten years younger than I, with children still in elementary school, called me the other day to ask my advice about her oldest daughter who must choose a music option next year: How does the program work? What instrument should she play? Band or orchestra? Where to get an instrument? Future music career advice?
Art on the Fly kicks off ten days of international dance. On June 15th, the streets of South Lake Union become an arts playground featuring the Massive Monkees, a Brazilian parade, an Egyptian wedding procession (including a kazoo sing-along), a live interactive marionette exhibit (where the audience pulls the strings), a Bollywood Flash mob, and FREE open dance classes from Seattle’s best studios. South Lake Union will be wall-to-wall events and it’s open to all ages.
You can’t get closer to our hunter-gatherer ancestors than by clawing in the earth with your fingers. Here’s a delightful poem about digging for bait by Marsha Truman Cooper, a Californian.
I had a slow start to my morning on Monday last week. So as I sat down to write, I got right to work. The ideas started to flow and I began to feel a productive glow. When I feel productive in my writing, I start feeling productive in the rest of my life, which turns me into the only super hero I know how to be – Super Mom!
Teach me I am forgotten by the dead
And that the dead is by herself forgot
And I no longer would keep terms with me.
Yesterday, as I finished addressing my oldest daughter’s graduation announcements, it struck me how our lives have evolved since they were born.
Gov. Jay Inslee has declared May 18 through 24 as Safe Boating Week in Washington; and the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission reminds all water sport enthusiasts of the importance of safe boating and officially launches the “Wear It Washington!” campaign.
The American Heart Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health organizations remind the public to pay more attention to the issue of heart health – and for good reason.
Ahhh, Mother’s Day – a time for mothers all over to reflect back on everything we’ve done wrong. Well, actually I try not to relive all the moments when I’ve been a less than stellar mother, because, quite frankly, there are probably more than I can count.
With the recent warm weather, it’s a good time to remember the dangers that open windows pose to children. Even screened windows can be dangerous, they keep bugs out, they don’t keep children in.
It’s a proven fact that most people change their eating habits and lifestyle choices only after a serious health scare such as a heart attack or a diabetes diagnosis.
Seniors who suffer from chronic health conditions like high blood pressure or heart disease often develop a host of other, seemingly unrelated health problems, including cognitive impairment like memory loss and dementia, according to a new study based on data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics.
We celebrated my oldest daughter’s 18th birthday last week. She had a Big Backyard Barbeque Birthday Bash with twenty or so of her friends. It was exactly what it sounds like, with a little twist in the form of an inside family memory.
