Before over the counter medications became so readily accessible, home remedies were simply things that were tried and found to be successful at treating health problems. Often times, they had been handed down for many generations. Today, we call them home remedies but when they were first discovered, those solutions were all that the people…
A couple of days ago, one of my coworkers returned to work from having shoulder surgery. It was both reparative and preventative surgery. There was damage to tendons and ligaments that caused pain in his shoulder which is what he had repaired. The doctor told him that he should have the surgery before those tendons…
Periodically, around the farm we have problems with ants. Up until a couple of years ago, it was rare to even get ants in the dog food or cat food; and they were pretty easy to get rid of. Rain always seems to make the ants build new homes. Unfortunately, the fire ants build giant…
One of the things that I think people believe about living a healthy lifestyle is that they have to stop enjoying the food that they eat. They somehow equate healthy food with plain, raw, tasteless vegetables, no more yummy burgers or steaks, and nothing sweet—ever! If that were really true, very few people would ever…
Today is a day for us to reset from a week of much activity. It is a day to fall back into our normal routine, get caught up on things, and prepare the mind for returning to work. All last week we had guests in the house. My brother and sister from Pennsylvania, along with…