by Norma Thatcher | Apr 12, 2021 | Healthy Living, Interesting information, Thought provoking
I can’t stand not being able to find stuff. Since I consider myself to be a highly organized individual, it’s an affront to my mental well-being to be unable to locate something. Case in point: A couple weeks ago my husband asked, “Where is the soil analysis the Co-Op...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 14, 2020 | Healthy Living, Thought provoking
Jay Meadows is a public researcher who investigates health behaviors. He’s been studying pandemic fatigue which has settled in all over the world. Pandemic fatigue, described as our general exhaustion and impatience with the rules imposed to stem the spread, is now a...
by Norma Thatcher | Aug 28, 2020 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
My friend Betsy Anderson is part of a group that runs grief writing workshops. Her own daughter Caroline died in 1995 at the age of 16 from a sudden illness, so Betsy is an inspiration of healing to workshop participants. In November 2012 I encouraged a new friend...
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 17, 2020 | Healthy Living, Interesting information
I knew my daughter Laura was gifted in the language arts arena before she was three. At the time our favorite shampoo was called Lamaur Apple Pectin. It had the most delicious fragrance, so fresh and clean. One evening at bath time, Laura kept staring at the bottle....
by Norma Thatcher | Jul 11, 2020 | Healthy Living, Thought provoking
We might imagine that magical thinking is something the creative people at Disney do, as in “Magical Thinking in the Magic Kingdom.” But magical thinking can be unhealthy for our mental well-being if we take it too far. Most of us do a little of it now and then, such...
by Norma Thatcher | Apr 4, 2020 | Healthy Living, Inspirational, Thought provoking
F. Scott Fitzgerald borrowed the poet’s phrase “Tender is the night” to become the title of his 1934 novel. The term “Bright Star” was taken from one of his poems and used as the title of a 2009 biographical film on the poet’s life. Rachel Carson’s 1962 book “Silent...
