Excerpt from Daily Cures, Wisdom for Healthy Living by Connie Mason Michaelis One of my favorite websites to recommend is Changing Aging by Dr. Bill Thomas. I was drawn to an article entitled “Seventy is the New Outspoken” by Carrie Knowles. The title was enough to grab me. Being 70 is a privilege and a gift. It is time to embrace the gift and make use of our years of experience and, yes, even our mistakes, to do something bigger and better. It is a special time to live large and be a light...

Excerpt from Daily Cures, Wisdom for Healthy Living by Connie Mason Michaelis I read about a woman who had recently been widowed, and her discovery of how much strength came to her. So many tasks that her husband had handled fell to her, and she miraculously had the power to do them.  She said, “I found that I could do a lot of things I’ve never done before; make decisions that I’ve never thought of before. I suppose I had it before, but I never used it.”  Like a teabag, you never know how...

Excerpt from Daily Cures, Wisdom for Healthy Living by Connie Mason Michaelis Food has always been a rock-solid foundation in my family.  I have memories of my mom killing a chicken in the front yard, singeing, and plucking the feathers.  She thin-sliced her homemade noodles and hung them on the back of a kitchen chair to dry until they were ready to cook.  The tradition of home cooking was passed to my siblings and me and then to my three daughters.  No more killing the chicken, but...