Staying on the subject of swimming lessons, I want to address those children who have a definite fear of the water, and there are more than you might think. Russell, who I mentioned in my last post, was one of those. But I usually encountered several each year. It takes a lot of time […]
What’s the Best Way to Teach Your Kids to Swim?
Having taught swim lessons in municipal recreation, through the Red Cross, as well as in the YMCA, I have a good perspective on the different ways to teach. There are literally hundreds of children I’ve taught to swim, and hundreds more under my supervision. Not only that, but I watched my own three kids […]
The Wonders of Turmeric
Have you ever heard of turmeric? Those of us who have been into alternative health for a little while have definitely heard of it! I first became aware of it a couple of years ago, as something to fight chronic inflammation, which I’ve previously written about here. But lately, I’ve heard or read more […]
Is Just Being Happy Good for Heart Health?
If you’re over 30, you want to do what you can to keep a healthy heart. Our tickers take a beating with all the stress and depression we’re besieged with on a daily basis, some of us worse off than others. I recently wrote an article on this subject, and I was fascinated with […]
Our Not-So-Fit Children
A good while ago, when I was a child, I’d go out the door on a dead run to play, I might, or might not, come home for lunch. But my mother never worried since we knew everybody in town, or where I played, and SOMEONE would feed the kids playing nearby their house. […]
Chronic Inflammation
When you have your next physical with your doctor, and get a blood work-up done, by all means make sure to have a C – reactive protein test done. That is a measure of inflammation in your body. Now our inflammatory response is part of our immune system. If we get an infection in […]
Ideas That Stick—Part 4
In the book Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath gave us three ways the audience, or public, gets a vote on our sticky ideas. My other posts, started out with a general beginning– Ideas That Stick— and then illustrated the first audience participation “vote” in Part 2 and the second vote in Part […]
Ideas That Stick—Part 3
We’re back to Chip and Dan Heath’s book Made to Stick, and how the audience gets a vote on our ideas. (If you missed the first two discussions, feel free to catch up: Ideas that Stick & Ideas that Stick part 2) And this is really great information for those of us who write […]
Ideas that Stick—Part 2
Having had some more time to read, I’ve continued to enjoy Chip and Dan Heath’s book, Made to Stick. My previous post on Made to Stick delved into some of the fascinating ideas in the front portion of the book. I’ve read more really intriguing stuff, and I’d like to share some of it. […]
The Best Form of Exercise is Swimming
Have you ever noticed running tracks at secondary schools and colleges—and some public park tracks? They are made of a kind of almost bouncy material, which is actually a synthetic latex rubberized composition. There’s a reason for that. For track competition, where the athletes’ joints take a lot of pounding, there are international standards […]