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Healthy New Year’s Resolutions You'll Actually Keep
Its that time of the year again - with Christmas and Thanksgiving in the rear view mirror, now is the time when most of us make our New Years resolutions. Healthy New Years resolutions are very popul...
12/27/12 at 10:06 AM
The 30 Habits of Highly Empowered Women
While doing a little dusting in the office, I spotted a well-worn copy of Steven Coveys classic, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. This book first introduced us to concepts like the abundance m...
12/4/12 at 11:30 AM Be Thankful 11/21/12 at 11:48 AM
The Effects of Fear Can Be Scary 10/30/12 at 8:10 AM
My Swedish Aunt Astrid
I'm surewe all have a favorite relativethat left an indelible mark on our lives. I too have a special person...an Aunt. No, whe wasn't a movie star or other such celebrity. In fact in a family of soli...
11/20/12 at 3:12 PM
Small Town Saturday Night
Howl at the moon; shoot out the lights. The folksy folks of small town China reminded me of the community I grew up in. After chugging along 12 hours of train track southbound from Beijing, I arrived ...
7/28/12 at 9:57 AM One Final Trek: Off to Beijing 6/23/12 at 10:38 AM
Letting Go
It has taken me some time to finally come to the realization that my dad is no longer with us. The time between when we learned he had cancer and his end went so quickly and reeled us into shock and n...
5/26/12 at 8:20 AM
Doughnuts are nothing to brag about, but....
I whirled through a Mother's Day weekend of playing, cooking and baking. My 2 1/2-year-old granddaughter, Claire, was here with her mom and dad for 65 hours, give or take a few minutes. That included ...
5/9/11 at 2:05 PM Weekend Baking: There's a kumquat in my cookie 3/25/11 at 12:05 AM
Watch your diet and still enjoy Peanut Butter Granola 3/14/11 at 11:26 AM
On travel agents and admitting when you're wrong
So I was talking to my Dad the other day, and he asks me if I'm going to be using a travel agent to book my flight to Peru. That way, he explained, I wouldn't have to worry about winding up in Wichita...
4/28/11 at 4:49 PM
Klobuchar international adoption bill signed
A bill championed by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota allowing American parents to adopt foreign sibling has been signed into law. Parents from Minnesota and across the nation dont have to worry ...
12/1/10 at 5:09 PM Group supports prayer day 7/11/10 at 6:09 AM
“Kari’s Brain Class Challengesâ€
The goal of my brain classes seemed simple: look at the five areas of brain health, brainstorm what youre currently doing well, what youd like to add/change and how youre going to support those change...
11/17/10 at 11:19 AM It’s Your Brain: Choose to Shift Priorities 11/8/10 at 12:23 PM
