Are You Drinking For Two?

     At one point in 2012, my daughter Theresa and daughter-in-law Paige were both pregnant and I am happy to report that they both gave birth to healthy babies.  But watching them grow, and grow, and grow, it became quickly apparent to me that pregnancy is a very...

You Are What You ____________ (fill in the blank)

Back in 1967 when almost every experience was an Ah-Hah Oh Wow revelation, I remember being told “You are what you eat.”  And suddenly it made sense to eat whole grain bread, brown rice, honey instead of white sugar and that weird new health food, yogurt. ...

Mercury: Don’t Eat It and Don’t Drink It

Apparently broken thermometers are not the only way that we can get exposed to mercury.  Our reservoirs, rivers and waterways are affected by mercury that comes down with the rain!  We know it can be harmful to eat too much local fish.  My thinking is:  if the fish...

Keep the Lead Out of My Granddaughter

Not all stories have a happy ending.  This one does.  At this writing I am 2 weeks away from becoming a grandfather for the third time and it gets more exciting with each one.   This past winter (month 3), my newly-pregnant daughter and her husband returned to their...

What is the Big Deal About Fracking?

We’ve all heard of “fracking” (hydraulic fracturing for gas).  We’ve heard about this booming industry and how it may threaten drinking water supplies.  The lure of “energy independence” and plentiful jobs has fueled this boom, but...