by Elizabeth Richie | Wellness and Spirituality
“Spartan Gruel”–How does that sound for the name of a new breakfast cereal? HAHAHA. Not too good, I suppose, unless you are a fanatic fan of the film, 300, and you want abs like Gerard Butler…or a boyfriend. � But diet is, of course, a...
by Elizabeth Richie | Wellness and Spirituality
This is the Sunday that Christians celebrate as the first Sunday in Advent, the coming of the Christ into the stream of human life. Christmas carols are now acceptable on the radio and in the Richie household. We all enjoy the traditional music from Handel’s...
by Elizabeth Richie | Wellness and Spirituality
Could you or would you ever choose to live a little house that is a 15 X 15 foot square? This is not the classic American Dream by any stretch of the imagination. The big McMansion is our cup of tea. Did you ever drive by a new “development” of...
by Elizabeth Richie | Wellness and Spirituality
I’m back home in West Virginia today. From 1979 to 1985, I lived in a root cellar of stone built into the side of a hill in a shady, narrow hollow in the Mountain State. No electricity or running water for six years–bailed the water from a hand-dug well;...
by Elizabeth Richie | Wellness and Spirituality
BRRRR! Snow blankets the ground here in the central Susquehanna Valley today. Must mean Winter is sneaking up on us. I wonder if the bears in the local mountains have tucked themselves in for the winter yet?? The wheel of the seasons is turning. We’ve had a...