by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Aug 28, 2020 | Health, Health and Wellness
One of my fondest memories from childhood is enjoying homemade elderberry pie. My Dad, a fantastic pie maker, indulged us regularly in the summer with pies filled with the chewy berries sweetened with sugar. Then we moved west when I was about eight. Oh, how I missed...
by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Jun 16, 2020 | Health, Health and Wellness
A yearly cold or two dogged me for years, often followed by sinus or ear infections. After I turned 50, all those infections resulted in a hearing loss in my left ear. Desperate to halt the yearly cold onslaught, I stopped touching public door handles with my bare...
by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Mar 3, 2020 | Aging Gracefully, Health and Wellness
You are what you eat. The original quote is from the early 1800’s. Turns out Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, the French author, knew what he was talking about. As the saying goes, getting old ain’t for sissies It’s true, getting older brings more aches, pains, and other...
by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Jan 1, 2020 | Aging Gracefully, Health, Health and Wellness
I take a deep breath, shuffle my feet under the bar, and grab it firmly. Form is everything, hips up or risk back injury. I lift the 115 pound barbell, 5 reps up and down and I’m done. All those dumbbell deadlifts my trainer gives me help make barbell deadlifts less...
by Kris Keppeler, Health Editor | Dec 29, 2019 | Aging Gracefully, Lifestyle
Our holiday party tonight has a roaring twenties theme, which I find weird. Jack and I won’t be dressing up as flappers. None of our costumes are from that era. When I was younger, I loved costume parties. I once used fresh green vines to embellish my fairy costume....
