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Dogs are everywhere these days

Are you a dog person? I love dogs, but I also have allergies to their fur and dander, so I have to measure my interaction with some breeds. What I still marvel at is how dogs are everywhere these days. You see them in airports and on planes and in stores everywhere. I went to a beach last ...

Dreading the dentist’s drill

Do you ever feel anxious? Anxiety is strange phenomenon defined as "a natural, future-oriented emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes like a racing heart." Another definition says it is the body's natural response to stress. I never thought about ...

We need to R-E-L-A-X

Back in late September 2014, then Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers had some advice for fans upset the team had started slowly at 1-2. "Five letters here just for everybody out there in Packer-land: R-E-L-A-X," Rodgers said in a radio invterview. "Relax. We're going to be OK." My ...

Kicking back on Mexico’s Yucatan Coast

"Progreso? Where is that?" Those were the typical responses I got when telling family and friends where my husband and I were going to spend the winter. Not many Americans know about the peaceful beachside town of Progreso on Mexico's northern Yucatan Coast, but it's been a hugely popular ...

Four years of bliss

Next week will mark our fourth wedding anniversary, and time sure does fly when you're having fun! We got married late in life (in our 50s) and both for the first time, so our lifelong friends who got married in their 20s and 30s and are by now (and their own admission) "old married couples" ...

My favorite month of the year

What's your favorite month of the year? Mine has nothing to do with weather but everything to do with auto racing and Memorial Day weekend. For me, the month of May is my favorite. I have been a fan of the Indianapolis 500 my entire life and have gone to the race in person every year except ...