Let's get things out in the open. I'm about to offend many of you. I wish that weren't the case, but for so many people, just the topic of sex is offe...
I will always remember the first time I had Duck Confit. My first trip to Europe as an adult was with my daughter, Maya, when she was 9 years old. W...
I don't know if you all noticed, but a) it's summer, b) there's a heat wave, and c) there's a drought. I saw a headline that said all this extreme w...
by guest bloggers from the EPA's WaterSense program
This summer's heat wave is expected to result in a serious spike in the amount of water being us...
I'm not a huge fan of peanut butter. In fact, a major grievance of mine is when someone leaves a spoon or knife filled with peanut butter in a sink ...
by guest blogger Alex Formuzis, of the Environmental Working Group
Chemical agribusiness has finally hit the ceiling over Environmental Working Group...
Everyone's lives are different, just like every person is different. What's most different about my life, it seems to me, is that I've had small kids ...
by guest blogger Harville Hendrix, PhD, clinical pastoral counselor, educator, public lecturer, author, and couples' therapist
It's hard to sustain l...
I enjoy gardening, but I love enjoying my garden. And the trick to summer gardening is to be able to spend more time enjoying it and less time sweatin...
by guest blogger Isaac Eliaz, MD, MS, LAc, integrative medicine pioneer, researcher, clinical practitioner, author, and lecturer
Spring and summer br...
Once, a few years ago, I saw these incredible flowers--kind of like giant mauve disco-ball chandeliers. When I inquired, I was told they were an incre...
When I was a little girl, one of my father's favorite and most essential coworkers was a guy named Jerry Goldstein (pictured on the left). He was the ...