I found a new source for gluten-free baking flour and cake mix: www.evitamins.com. Check it out! If you use the following link, you will help us both out...you get a discount on your first order and I get reward points: http://www.evitamins.com/?ref=84298. It's a win-win situation.
The Dowd and Rogers cake mix is to die for! I make a beeline to my favorite Whole Foods in Hingham when I'm back in Boston, but now I can just make a couple of clicks on my MacBook Pro and voila!! In a few days, my goodies will arrive on my doorstep. How magnificent is that?!
I can't speak intelligently on the other products at evitamins because I was laser-focused on that Dowd and Rogers. By the by, I ordered three of the Dark Vanilla cake mix because I just love, love, love it. However, there are other flavors, and I will try them next time. If you try them before I do, please let me know how much you enjoyed them.
Ciao, for now!
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Monday, April 14, 2014
Schools as Killing Fields
Yet another violent incident on a school campus. What the what is going on with our young these days? I'll be the first to admit that my default position is to inquire into what the parents are/are not doing; how is it that they are not serving their very own progeny with their very best? Or is it that their very best is close to the absolute worst; and if that is the case, what is the fix? Where do we start? And I do use the word "we" intentionally, because contrary to popular belief in what has become a very insular society of one, it does take a village to raise a child.
We are all so very much into our tablets, iPods, iPhones, etc., that we are divorced from our fellow human beings. Other people are simply seen as an infringement on our own personal space. Now I'm all for personal space, and I thoroughly enjoy my own company, but when we get to the point as a society that approximately eighty percent of our time is spent on our own or in cyberspace, we seriously need to take a closer look and really see where we're really headed.
Sure, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, et al, are fun to have and to use; but when we get so wrapped up into those little technological worlds that we come to view actual people as a bother, then it's time to regroup.
We are social animals and when we go against that makeup, then we will continue to pay the ugly and high price of the tragic events that are being broadcast into our living rooms (or laptops) far too often, and they will assault our sensibilities on an ever more frequent basis. Let's work on this and see if we can't begin to turn things around. My money is on Us.
We are all so very much into our tablets, iPods, iPhones, etc., that we are divorced from our fellow human beings. Other people are simply seen as an infringement on our own personal space. Now I'm all for personal space, and I thoroughly enjoy my own company, but when we get to the point as a society that approximately eighty percent of our time is spent on our own or in cyberspace, we seriously need to take a closer look and really see where we're really headed.
Sure, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, et al, are fun to have and to use; but when we get so wrapped up into those little technological worlds that we come to view actual people as a bother, then it's time to regroup.
We are social animals and when we go against that makeup, then we will continue to pay the ugly and high price of the tragic events that are being broadcast into our living rooms (or laptops) far too often, and they will assault our sensibilities on an ever more frequent basis. Let's work on this and see if we can't begin to turn things around. My money is on Us.
Monday, April 7, 2014
The "New" 30, 40, 50, 60......
Have you noticed that women who look younger than their chronological age are tagged with the label "the new 60" (choose an age). I would posit that we just are. We look fabulous because our norm is to take care of ourselves by eating well, moving our bodies, and exercising our minds the way that life intended.
We need to have a paradigm shift in our mindset so that a fifty-five year old woman, for instance, racing around on her red bicycle garners no more surprise than her grandchildren, who are enjoying a ride with her. Ditto, that she also looks gorgeous. Some of us have great genes and will look great for decade upon decade, even if we don't strictly adhere to "being good" to our bodies all the time, but using our bodies the way they are meant to be used definitely fosters looking great.
The same paradigm shift must happen between our ears. Some of us seem to have it ingrained in us that once we reach a particular chronological age that we are "old." And we consider that being old means being limited physically and mentally; e.g, "I'm too old to learn anything new." You are what you think. If you're breathing, you can learn. There are classes all over the place in practically any subject that might strike your fancy. Is there something you've always wanted to know more about; or something that you always wanted to try your hand at, e.g., jewelry making. Many of these classes are free or very low-cost. If you want to take some college level courses, go to www.coursera.org. These courses are taught by professors from all the top universities, such as Duke University, Harvard, U of PA, etc. Although you don't earn credits toward a degree, you do earn a certificate for completing the course. It's a great way to study something in which you have an interest.
Regarding the physical: the body is meant to move. You don't have to go out and run marathons (unless you want to, that is), but you can get out of the recliner and walk around the block and take in the beauty of Nature, work in your garden, ride a bike, take a yoga or pilates class (there are tons of DVDs if you prefer to do this in your home). Oh, and by the way, have you heard of Zumba?! Fun and sexy! If you like to dance, look for one in your area. There are many locations that offer Zumba classes for free, so move those feet and shake those hips 'cause hips don't lie. Check this out: (hang on thru the short commercial) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JD7nr2Vt0Q
After this paradigm shift becomes the norm, we will no longer fall over from surprise when we encounter a sixty year-old woman who looks fabulous and has a mind to match.
We need to have a paradigm shift in our mindset so that a fifty-five year old woman, for instance, racing around on her red bicycle garners no more surprise than her grandchildren, who are enjoying a ride with her. Ditto, that she also looks gorgeous. Some of us have great genes and will look great for decade upon decade, even if we don't strictly adhere to "being good" to our bodies all the time, but using our bodies the way they are meant to be used definitely fosters looking great.
The same paradigm shift must happen between our ears. Some of us seem to have it ingrained in us that once we reach a particular chronological age that we are "old." And we consider that being old means being limited physically and mentally; e.g, "I'm too old to learn anything new." You are what you think. If you're breathing, you can learn. There are classes all over the place in practically any subject that might strike your fancy. Is there something you've always wanted to know more about; or something that you always wanted to try your hand at, e.g., jewelry making. Many of these classes are free or very low-cost. If you want to take some college level courses, go to www.coursera.org. These courses are taught by professors from all the top universities, such as Duke University, Harvard, U of PA, etc. Although you don't earn credits toward a degree, you do earn a certificate for completing the course. It's a great way to study something in which you have an interest.
Regarding the physical: the body is meant to move. You don't have to go out and run marathons (unless you want to, that is), but you can get out of the recliner and walk around the block and take in the beauty of Nature, work in your garden, ride a bike, take a yoga or pilates class (there are tons of DVDs if you prefer to do this in your home). Oh, and by the way, have you heard of Zumba?! Fun and sexy! If you like to dance, look for one in your area. There are many locations that offer Zumba classes for free, so move those feet and shake those hips 'cause hips don't lie. Check this out: (hang on thru the short commercial) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JD7nr2Vt0Q
After this paradigm shift becomes the norm, we will no longer fall over from surprise when we encounter a sixty year-old woman who looks fabulous and has a mind to match.
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