Is there ever a good time to talk about dying? It’s always an uncomfortable topic, even if you are young and vibrant and in the best…
Author: Norma Stephens Hannigan
With any luck and a good map, we are all on the road to retirement. I recently arrived in this special place – 3 months and…
I have recently retired from teaching college students to be registered nurses (RNs) and registered nurses to be nurse practitioners (NPs), but emails keep coming to…
Yoga has been around for 5,000 years. Having started in India with Hindu and Buddhist roots, it became more popular in the United States in the…
There’s a pill for just about everything nowadays. Pills to make you feel happy; pills to calm you down. But, many of these pills can be…
Who doesn’t like to save money on a good bargain? Much of the time, it doesn’t really matter if the purchase is of great quality; we…
It would be more relaxing and pleasant to focus this article on the other meaning of cataract – waterfall – but this month I’ll be talking…
Who among us has not been affected by addiction? Whether it be someone you know, a family member, or perhaps even yourself, most of us have…
Winter’s chill and darkness are settling in around us, even as the festive lights of the holidays try to twinkle through the dismal pall of dirty…
According to the Pew Research Foundation, as of 2015, 66% of people in the U.S. own a smart phone. Smart phones allow one to access the…
The fact that our blood can clot is a good thing. If it weren’t for this important feature, we would bleed to death if we cut…
Zika – it sounds exotic, doesn’t it? But, sometimes the exotic can also be dangerous, as is this latest public health menace – the Zika virus.…
If I had a dollar for every time I said, “What?” when someone speaks to me, I could have retired ten years ago. Of course, I’m…
As I write this column, I am in Chile, where I lived for two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer, to say my final good-bye to…
Do you ever find yourself doing things just because you’ve always done them that way? You’re not really sure why – you just do it. Well,…
