I wonder what Gertrude would have to say about leaf blowers. I think she would hate the noise as much as I do. We live in Kansas now and...

Fifty years ago, my grandparents moved to Florida. Leaving western New York was a hard transition but the Buffalo winters had finally...

Gertrude made the best assortment of cookies at Christmas time. I think she started shortly after thanksgiving and baked for days. She...

Last week I went to see my doctor about a cyst on the palm of my hand. During the check in process the LPN insisted I step on the scale....

The dictionary says it is the avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's behavior. I was with a wonderful group of ladies and...

One summer in Buffalo it was extremely hot and the heat lasted for several days, maybe even weeks. I do not remember the year, I just...

I am currently reading a book call Hooked.. Food, free will and how the food giants exploit our addictions. It is written by Michael Moss...

Gertrude made a major ordeal out of the ritual of cleaning the house in the spring. I remember her washing the walls and everything in...

Just looking at Peeps in the grocery store can make me gag. When I was in grade school, Gertrude talked me into giving up something for...

Several of my followers have commented on the blog about the starvation experiment and have asked me why is it so hard to take off the...

When I was in third grade my city dwelling, parents decided to move us to a farm in the middle of nowhere. (At least I thought it was)...

Gertrude would bake or broil and did not think frying food was a good idea, except for the Fasnacht, German donuts. I recall her making...

The headache and body pain are gone but so is my ability to taste and smell. You do not appreciate the ability to smell until you can’t....

Gertrude must have read the article in Life magazine in 1950 about Ansel Keys’ study on the biology of human starvation. WWII had ended...