Most of us, from time to time, find ourselves forgeting things. While this seems to occur as we age, it really can happen at any time. How many of you park your car when you go to shop and can’t remember where your car is? How many find yourselves driving on autopilot and suddenly you don’t know where you are going?

Our team recently wrote a book coming out this July, Old is the New Young, Erickson’s Secrets to Healthy Aging. The authors did a whole segment on the brain and memory with a test for your memory. More about that to come soon. But I took a comment from the book Read the full story

According to a recent story on MSNBC, more and more of the 65 or better population are joining social networks, especially MySpace and Facebook. Reason? They like seeing their grandchildren’s pictures; finding friends they haven’t seen in years and simply staying in touch.

I am on Facebook also. I found 2 former college friends and 2 former high school friends. Maybe the rest are dead. Maybe they just aren’t into Facebook. I don’t go to Facebook Read the full story

Ok so the title of the blog makes no sense to you, right? But it will if you are starting to feel clogged around your nose and eyes, feel pressure, kind of like a headache in your face? Welcome to my world, a world of allergies and sinusitis. It’s not the economy, nor Rush Limbaugh’s mouth, nor polls, nor politics, but maybe it is the weather. I have long been a sufferer of sinus problems and recently got on of those “nettie pots” where you put warm salt water in the pot that has a spout that fits in your nose so you can wash out your sinuses. Gross as that sounds, for me, it works. A miracle and not costly! Who knew? Read the full story

Meshuga is a Yiddish (Jewish) word meaning crazy, mad, insane. It is a humorous adjective that may not be translatable even if Websters defines it as above. I have decided that some of us suffer from the Meshuga Syndrome.  From the sublime to the extreme, here are some of those I believe (my opinion only) suffer from this syndrome: Read the full story

I know Valentine’s Day has past, but I couldn’t resist using these adorable heart ramekins I found at — you’ll never guess — Safeway! One is the perfect size for an individual serving and could even serve as a miniature cake mold. I bought four in case I host a dinner party, and they came in red and pink so I got two of each color for contrast. I just love finding little treasures like this; they make cooking for one all that much more fun. Read the full story