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Creating The Life You Want and Horseback Riding

Mon, 04 May 2009 04:50:00 -0700
by Asara Lovejoy When I was a young girl I lived on a ranch with sheep, cattle, pets and especially my best friends, our horses. I was cautioned many times “to be careful” as an eight year old of the danger around horses, at the same time I was taught how to ride and brush, curry, clean and feed these glorious gargantuan, magnificent creatures. I was told to watch out for the teeth and feet, walking around the rump of a horse, and irritating it when you put on a saddle and cinch it tight. T

Swine flu: what's weather got to do with it

Mon, 04 May 2009 11:32:40 -0700
There's a reason people don't catch the flu in the summer, for the most part, according to an interesting article by Todd Ackerman in Sunday's Houston Chronicle. Here's an excerpt: "Influenza is characterized by seasonal patterns — just as it spreads best in winter, it dies down in the summer. Flu researchers say there’s simply no precedent of widespread flu activity in the summer. The reason: Not only are people indoors more in winter, particularly schoolchildren getting the virus and