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The Weight is Over – Week 59: When Comfort and Joy = Food and Drink

This time last year I was just a few shaky, baby-step weeks into my new health-and-fitness journey with Matthew R. Lister at Align Private Training. I wasn’t convinced it would work. I just knew I needed some serious help. Today,… Continue Reading

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The Weight is Over – Week 57: No more pasta? Oh, rats!

I write this column against the advice of my handyman, who spoke his words of wisdom from beneath my kitchen sink. “I know you like to write about everything,” he said as he hammered pieces of wood into place. “But… Continue Reading

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The Weight is Over – Week 37: Matthew Answers Your Questions (See Our Video)

As promised last week, we selected some of your questions – submitted via comments and email – for Matthew R. Lister from Align Private Training to answer today. I’ll tell you a secret: Matthew and I actually created a video… Continue Reading

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Isaac Lowe, Civil Rights Matriarch, Remembered and Honored

Tuesday morning, a white, resplendent open casket was displayed before the altar of the First Baptist Church in Redding. It held the body of 94-year-old Isaac Jefferson Lowe, so beautifully serene; elegantly dressed in a delicately beaded ivory gown. During… Continue Reading

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Behind-the-Curtain Changes at A News Cafe.com

Today I talk with Joseph Domke of Ostrava, Czech Republic, where he’s lived for nine years with his delightful wife Marie and my three Ragdoll grandcats, Neffie, Apollo and the new cat, whose name I always forget. Joe’s my son… Continue Reading

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Go Fund Me Abuse: Are the ‘Go-Fund-Me’ Type Programs Merely Cyber Begging?

Let me preface this by warning you this is a venting piece. Everything I do revolves around Conscious Living Concepts. And this problem I’m talking about flies in the face of these concepts. I practice and teach self-awareness and self-responsibility.… Continue Reading

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By Design: From ‘Early Cottonwood’ to ‘Elegant Beach Cottage’

Redesign is the service of creating dramatic room makeovers, utilizing the client’s existing furnishings, art and accessories. I had the pleasure of being hired to redesign friends’ Canda and Don William’s lovely beach-inspired home. Canda was gracious enough to share… Continue Reading