Month: January 2019

Coffee is good for you

January 29, 2019

Scientific research has discovered that coffee is actually good for you. Many of us may have suspected this was so. This site lists 147 abstracts with coffee research. A review of more than 200 scientific studies has given weight to the idea that drinking coffee every day  could actually have health benefits. Researchers found drinking … More Coffee is good for you

rotational load shedding, sun, extreme heat

Extreme heat

January 24, 2019

We’ve done it. Broken an eighty year old record. Am I happy? NO!!! But at least we have not had any rotational load shedding – yet. That’s political speak for power failure. What it really means we all get to take turns being without electricity. When we most need it. Raili Tanska Stay cool

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About Fear

January 23, 2019

I thought I would revisit part of something I wrote about fear a while back. There is a lot of people writing a lot of stuff about all the fearful things that are happening around the world. Google search  for fear got me 564 million results in 0.9 secs !!!  Wow – that’s a lot … More About Fear

Inspiring People

January 22, 2019

Sampson Gordon “Sam” Berns (October 23, 1996 – January 10, 2014) was an American teen who had progeria and helped raise awareness about the disease. He was the subject of the HBO documentary Life According to Sam, which was first screened in January 2013. He died one year later, after appearing in a TEDx Talks video titled “My philosophy for a happy life. Mum … More Inspiring People