Oily Hair (is Good)
You can use olive oil as a salad dressing, an ingredient to cook a favorite dish or as a hair treatment. Yes, a hair treatment.
Garden to Table
During the summer months, it's tough to find ways to beat the sweltering heat while still enjoying the sunny days. Local Mississippi farmers markets can provide the perfect outdoor activity as well as healthy, fresh food choices.
Run and Sun
Besides getting out of bed in the morning, running in the blazing summer sun can prove to be one of the most difficult tasks for a runner—difficult and potentially dangerous.
Keeping Bees
Here's a term that has gained popularity in the past couple of years: urban homesteading. It means making your property, or "homestead," as self-sufficient as possible, regarding food and supplies, while living in an urban setting.
No Room? Look Up!
For would-be urban farmers, the solution to lack of space may be as simple is looking up.
Summer in the City (for kids)
Many school-weary kids anticipate summertime, but it can be a difficult time for parents who work and need to figure out summer child care and other plans to keep their kids busy and happy.
I Don't Want To Grow Up
I was shooting ball at the gym a couple weeks ago with Joe, an old classmate. When he started complaining of minor chest pains and shortness of breath, I suggested that we go to the emergency room. He refused, saying it was no big deal.
I Want To Stay Young Forever
Not all children and adolescents want to "grow up" psychologically. Instead, regardless of the economy, they choose to stay at home with their parents, creating stress and burdens for their families and, in some cases, doing irreversible damage.
Lookin' Good
St. Dominic's Cancer Center's Look Good–Feel Better program uses certified cosmetologists who volunteer their time to teach female cancer patients beauty techniques to improve their self-image and appearance.
Edible Flowers for Small Spaces
Are you limited to an apartment windowsill or small balcony but still want to grow organic food to liven up your diet? Try edible flowers.
Fertilizing in planet-friendly ways
Now that you presumably have your organicgarden planted, whether in pots on an apartment balcony or a larger space, you will want to nurture it with fertilizers.
The Holy Earth, Sacred Space
"Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul." — The Koran
GPS for the Soul?
Arianna Huffington has announced that The Huffington Post has developed a smartphone app called "GPS For the Soul" to be launched in June that will "gauge the state of your mind, body and spirit, then automatically offer the exact steps you would need to take to realign all three aspects of your being."
What's in a Label?
When food shopping, how do you know what you're buying? You may be surprised at the misleading information on labels.
Our Over-Medicated Nation
On her first visit with me a few weeks ago, Mrs. Johnson, a 32-year-old schoolteacher, announced that she had a condition that "sounds like fibro-something."