Even though willow trees bend with mild breezes and break when storms blow, you can…
Health and Beauty
Alternative health care, yoga, ayurveda, natural cosmetics, exercise, fitness
In the last few weeks my friends have been seriously pouting about the coming of…
BY BONITA CAROL Over the past few years I have had the opportunity to study…
“We’re constantly exposed to chemicals and germs,” says Marcia Hansen. “Experts say 20 minutes of…
Peggy Birchmier lives in a lovely, pastoral home near Milton—surrounded by five industrial-sized factory farms.…
On December 26, 2004, my family woke up to the horrifying news of the earthquake…
Here in Iowa, we’re used to a little bit of piggy stink. In recent years,…
Have you ever eaten a mangosteen? Akin to a white tangerine with a thick, purplish…
BY BONITA CAROL A few years ago, I spent a summer here in a house…
I sometimes hear people say the funniest things about weighttraining. Although these misunderstandings are usually…
Ah, French women. They have it all. Style, sophistication, supple yet svelte figures—and more brie…
If you wouldn’t eat what you put on your skin—thendon’t use it! The skin is…
BY CHRISTINE SCHRUM At the Hatha Yoga studio run by mother and daughter team Christina…
BY BONITA CAROL Oooh, mud! The author’s 10-year-old daughter revels in a mud bath. I…
BY JUDY STEVENS Richard Rossiter believes surgery is not always the best route, and here’s…