Exception to Acceptance It is what it is, or is it? What about when “it” is a hardship? Whether the adverse event in question is illness, death, or trauma, researchers at the University of Connecticut Medical School deduced that there are shared emotional themes that individuals and their families experience when dealing with the aftermath. According to the study’s … [Read more...] about Exception to Acceptance
Archives for October 2017
Food for Thought: Butter Storage Techniques
Leading up to the twentieth century, our butter making ancestors developed a number of techniques for storing butter during the warm summer months when milk and cream were in abundance in the era before refrigeration was invented. In Ireland the Celtic people would bury their butter in peat bogs in order to preserve it. These so-called bog butters were preserved by the … [Read more...] about Food for Thought: Butter Storage Techniques
MYTH: Crunches are the Key to Six-Pack Abs
A six pack is the standard and most well-known feature of an “athletic” individual. Those aspiring to have this look usually attempt several exercise regimens, including those from advertising infomercials, Youtube videos, or even stealing exercises from a neighbor at the gym. The most common exercise performed in the hope of achieving “washboard abs” are called crunches: the … [Read more...] about MYTH: Crunches are the Key to Six-Pack Abs
Food for Thought: Butter and Food Preservation
Before the modern year-round dairy operation came about in the twentieth century, dairy makers were bound to following the natural milk producing rhythms of their herd, which meant that copious amount of milk were available in the spring and summer for butter making due to the birth of calves and the availability of fast-growing pasture. With this surge in milk production came … [Read more...] about Food for Thought: Butter and Food Preservation
MYTH: Yoga Is Not A Real Workout
Calling all yogis! Gone are the days where you can feel guilty about not exercising as “intensely” as your cardio-obsessed neighbor. Yoga has been around for thousands of years overseas, but has more recently been taken up in the United States as a means of holistic health. The word “yoga” comes from the Sanskrit language, meaning “union”, which signifies the joining of the … [Read more...] about MYTH: Yoga Is Not A Real Workout