Category: Health

  • Better Living Through Chemistry

    Better Living Through Chemistry

    I would like to start by thanking all of those readers who responded about my previous post  ‘Tis the Season. As you may imagine it was not an easy decision to make public such a personal post on depression. But after hearing from so many people who have similar problems and concerns but have been afraid…

  • Winter Strawberries

    Winter Strawberries

    Rita and I recently returned to our home in Salinas on the southern Pacific Coast of Ecuador after our longest time away in the last five years. Between taking care of some business in the States, attending the International Living Boot Camp Conference in Santa Fe, and enjoying Thanksgiving with family, we were away from…

  • My 2nd 5th Anniversary

    My 2nd 5th Anniversary

    Today I celebrate my second fifth wedding anniversary, by which I mean the fifth year of my second marriage. It seems a good time to reflect on a few things, and I’ve been trying to sort out and identify my feelings about “the institution of marriage”. We hear a lot that the “institution” is threatened…

  • Another Facebook Foible Rant

    Another Facebook Foible Rant

    There’s and old joke that goes like this; a man and his son are walking down the street, and they see two dogs having sex. The boy points and asks what’s going on there? The father is a little embarrassed, so he says, “Oh, the dog in back hurt his front paws, so the one…

  • Hunger for Home?

    Hunger for Home?

    Recently I wrote an article for International Living dealing with the issue of homesickness. Someday, they may even publish it – if not, it will eventually find it’s way here. Anyway, homesickness can be a very real issue for expats. For those of you not familiar with the malady, homesickness is not missing your friends and family,…