When Food Controls LifeFrom Starvation to Binge Eating, an Estimated 8 Million Men and Women Struggle with Eating Disorders in the United States By Christy Kearney The thought of eating disorders typically conjures up the image of emaciated women obsessed…
Pack an A+ School LunchChoosing Healthy Foods Early On Helps Kids Make Smart Decisions for Life By Jennifer Walker-Journey Preparing a child’s school lunch often can turn into a battle of wills. Parents want to pack their children’s lunchboxes with…
Scoopin’ ScallopsGrab Yourself a Tasty Treat in the Gulf Waters Near Port St. Joe By Lori Hutzler Eckert Bay scallops, those slightly sweet and succulent pearls of seafood found in many local restaurants, offer a variety of culinary temptations, from…
Kim GordonDigging Deep to Help Students and Community By Wendy O. Dixon | Photo by Scott Holstein Kim Gordon, athletic director and garden coordinator at Seaside Neighborhood School, cultivated a project in her organic gardening class that was, at first,…
Have You Looked Up Lately? By Wendy O. Dixon, Editor Why is Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” his most famous, well-loved and replicated painting? It certainly is my favorite. This brilliant piece of art, with the exploding, radiant stars…
Be It Ever So Humble ...… There’s No Place Like Home, Especially When Previewing Products at the International Builders’ Show By Elizabeth Goldsmith Green and steamy. No, I wasn’t transported into the heart of the Amazon jungle. But those were…
Lighthouses, Lobsters and LoreThe Unexpected Pleasures of New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula By Rosanne Dunkelberger Truth to tell, I hadn’t heard much about New Brunswick, Canada, and wasn’t sure what to expect on my first visit there. But the itinerary was…
Beading BlissFrom Trinkets to Treasures, Making Your Own Jewelry is Fun and Easy By Christy Kearney | Photo by Scott Holstein Art is no longer confined to the walls of exclusive galleries and formal living rooms. Masterpieces created by imaginative…
Small Loans Fuel Big DreamsMicroloans Help the World’s Poor Help Themselves By Amanda Finch Broadfoot New Web sites are popping up that allow Average Joes to act as bankers to Third World entrepreneurs. Through these sites, visitors can lend as…
The Parking Lot WedgieWhat’s a Woman to Do When Her Small Car Is Trapped Between Two SUVs? By Alison L. Iglehart Driving a total of four minivans in the ’90s and early 2000s as my children grew up, I understood…
