How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
Lauren Hutton, 69
People don’t grow old. When they stop growing, they become old – Anonymous
Aging can be fun if you lay back and enjoy it – Clint Eastwood
Iman, 57
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.–Kurt Vonnegut
Helen Mirran, 67
You can free yourself from aging by reinterpreting your body and by grasping the link between belief and biology – Deepak Chopra Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.–Margaret Atwood
Kim Basinger, 59
Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.–Franz Kafka
Kim Cattrall, 56
At age 20, we worry about what others think of us.
At 40, we don’t care what they think of us.
At 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking about us at all.–Jock Falkson
Jaclyn Smith, 68
60…..I can wait but these women although famous actors/models make it seem effortless & are the role models for aging gracefully. I can only hope.
I don’t have to tell you that the combination of low temperatures, decreased humidity, and blasting heaters can leave your skin flaky and itchy. But here’s what you may not know: because the outermost layer of our skin helps keep bacteria from entering your body, the cracks created by water loss can make you more vulnerable to infection.
Using a humidifier and lotion will help, but you can also moisturize from within. Research suggests that ceramides (lipid molecules that help prevent skin from becoming dry) found in whole grains may help build up the barrier that keeps moisture in. Add more biotin-rich foods (like swiss chard, eggs and nuts) to your diet – they’re members of the B vitamin family and promote the production of moisture-retaining fatty acids.
Dr. Oz on Winterproofing your Health from “O” magazine.
**B Vitamins should be added to your diet if you wish to achieve healthy skin. Vitamin B1, for instance, boosts circulation in the body and gives your skin a certain glow. If you’re a woman taking birth control pills then you are at risk of Vitamin B1 deficiency. Egg yolks, nuts and raisins are great sources of Vitamin B1. Niacin of Vitamin B3 helps your skin receive plenty of oxygen, which prevents development of acne among other benefits. Niacin-rich foods include tomatoes, broccoli and carrots.
***Don’t miss listening to “Transforming Health” with host Brad King for the most up-to-the-minute interviews with leading health professionals – Live every Wednesday @ 12PM-PST/3PM-EST on VoiceAmerica.com – #1 internet radio station in North America. Here’s the link: http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/1686/transforming-health
**After 11 years at their 6th Ave location Heather Ross [in house ] has recently moved & rebranded their art salon/boutique to heather ross (natural eclectic). See address below.
NATURE is a constant source of information for Artist & Designer Heather Ross who is known for her wonderful sense of color & keen eye. Her paintings, while abstracted, draw upon the elements of earth, water, air & sky with soothing color palettes.
Her boutique is a favorite amongst designers, art directors and decorators who covet Heathers unique vision & the way she brings unexpectedly beautiful items together with warmth & sensitivity.
In her inviting space she creates a compelling mix of new and old. Lush pillows, antique textiles and unique finds from the flea markets of Europe mingle with contemporary ceramics, fresh décor & endearing gifts. Her clientele will discover art in her paintings and photos which grace the walls in an inviting atmosphere.
Here is what a few magazine’s have written:
This is the thinking decorator’s dream shop. I could not extricate myself from its intelligent, captivating spell. It has the feeling of an underwater garden, inspired no doubt by Heather’s upbringing on the coast and her love for all things natural’
Heather (right) & sister Janet (left).
“Heather Ross [natural eclectic] conjures a home dressed in driftwood hues, vintage finds and elegant objects… rather than a typical store, poured concrete floors, clean white walls and a purposefully raw atmosphere form an uncluttered setting for her restrained vignettes” Canadian House & Home Jan 2010
“One third each evocative gallery, chic boutique, and European Atelier, Heather Ross (natural eclectic) offers an eclectic collection of hip items for the home.” Style at Home Magazine
AND I add to that “you must look up at the ceiling.”
Heather is currently working on a book & design blog, The Natural Eclectic™
New Location is at 2170 Fir Street at 6th in Vancouver (they’re just getting set up).
These healthy energy cookies are packed with natural flavor and are bound to give you a nice boost after your workout or anytime you need it.
Recipe:
3 large ripe bananas
1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
1 cup (250 ml) cooked organic quinoa (cook like regular rice 1-1)
1 cup (250 ml) organic rolled oats
1 cup (250 ml) coconut flakes, unsweetened
½ cup (125 ml) coconut sugar
½ cup (125 ml) dark chocolate chips
chopped ginger & dates, optional
Preheat oven to 325 F.
In a large mixing bowl, mash bananas with a fork and add vanilla, quinoa, coconut and coconut sugar. Mix until well combined. Stir in chocolate chips (& ginger and/or pitted dates if using).
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper so batter doesn’t stick. Drop heaping Tablespoons onto baking sheet. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until cookie holds together. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
*TIP – try toasting the coconut flakes first on their own on unlined baking sheet in oven for about 10 minutes or just until they start to brown.
**You can find unsweetened coconut & coconut sugar at Granville Island or your specialty bulk food shops.
***Dark chocolate chips are getting a bit easier to find although it is difficult
to find anything beyond 60% cacao. You can substitute a higher percentage (72-80%)
by chopping up a chocolate bar instead.
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Samuel Ullman
Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick. Gwyneth Paltrow.
“People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.”
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
“When you’re a beautiful person on the inside, nothing in the world can change that about you. Jealousy is the result of one’s lack of self-confidence, self-worth, and self-acceptance. The Lesson: If you can’t accept yourself, then certainly no one else will.”
― Sasha Azevedo
“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.”
― Audrey Hepburn
“Outer beauty attracts, but inner beauty captivates.”
– Kate Angell, Squeeze Play
“There are those who say that spiritual enlightenment is achieved through the denial of oneself; you must deny yourself many things, go and live on a mountaintop, never mingle with other people, talk to the birds..but I say to you, why should you dismantle your home? Where is the meaning in removing the bricks from your walls one by one? What is the purpose in uprooting your floors? Is there any significance in only allowing yourself a tin roof and a muddy bed? Why deny your house its structure? A truly enlightened soul is strong enough, is bright enough to live and shine through, even in a beautiful house! There is no need to ransack the house in order to see an inner beauty etched against a distraught surrounding. A bright and beautiful soul can shine forth even from inside an equally beautiful surrounding.” – C JoyBell C.
THE TRUTH ABOUT SPF & UVA/B. Listen up, ski bunnies!
You may not think you have to worry about wearing sunscreen in the winter, but the most damaging rays are still wreaking havoc on your face. Save your skin with both UVA and UVB protection. The latest scoop on keeping your skin happy, healthy and younger looking all year long.
When the FDA recently announced it was updating labelling guidelines for sun-protection products, beauty companies noticed. What’s new? The buzz is all about UVA – which has been proven to cause the most long-lasting damage to skin health. Research shows that these rays are the real culprits behind premature wrinkles, dark spots, uneven complexion, inflammation, sagging – even skin cancer.
Right now most products focus on SPF, or Sun Protection Factor as most of you know by now. But we’re learning SPF measures only UVB levels (the rays that cause sunburn). So if you’re concerned with aging (and really, who isn’t?), you need to tune in to UVB and UVA protection. The problem is even if you use broad-spectrum sunscreen, which claims to protect against UVB and UVA, there’s no way of knowing just how much UVA you’re getting because standard guidelines don’t exist in North America.
Enter the FDA’s new labelling regulation, which proposes that suncare products list the UVA protection right on the bottle. You may already be familiar with this practice if you’ve been shopping in a Paris or Tokyo drugstore, where sunscreen bottles feature one important extra symbol: PA+, PA++ or PA+++. Also, in the U.K., they’ve embraced the Boots five-star rating
Now Health Canada is re-evaluating its labelling requirements too, and expects to establish its own guidelines for UVA protection soon. . Until then, look for products that have science behind them like the following:
I personally recommend & use: La Roche-Posay Anthelios XL 50+ tinted extreme fluid. It’s feels weightless, does the trick and gives a nice sheer tint.
Also good & less expensive is Neutrogena age shield repair sunscreen with SPF 55. It goes on light but doesn’t feel sticky or make your face look white.
Clinique broad spectrum moisture surge and Biotherm Skin-Vivo both with SPF 15 were also recommended by Chatelaine Magazine.
**Don’t miss listening to “Transforming Health” with host Brad King for the most up-to-the-minute interviews with leading health experts – Live every Wednesday @ 12PM-PST/3PM-EST on VoiceAmerica.com – #1 internet radio station in North America. Here’s the link: http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/1686/transforming-health
…and Classic Design. FABRIC THAT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME: You can resort to wearing this even if it’s not exactly considered “RESORT” wear.
STYLE! Kirsten Dunst (cute in gingham dress), Jackie Kennedy (this woman made even wearing gingham look chic) & Marc Jacobs (a sophisticated gingham shirt on model.) A little bit goes a long way with this fun fabric.
Personally the design reminds me of an old fashioned Italian style picnic. But that is why I love my gingham lined wicker picnic basket & pieces of gingham paper lined small wicker trays for storing cheese in the fridge. In summer I sometimes wear a head scarf on the beach with denim on one side & you guessed it….gingham on the other, conjuring up images of Annette Funicello in the movie beach blanket bingo. Don’t even remember the movie but I’m sure they had loads of fun shooting it. Gingham is a timeless piece when it’s not overdone – or It can be too cutesy.
my picnic basket requires nice weatherSean Connery wears a manly Gingham shirt as James Bond – nothing cutesy about him.
FYI The word “gingham” is derived from the Malay word “genggang” meaning striped. Gingham fabric first started off as a stripe pattern when it was first imported to Europe in the 17th century, but crazy folks making fabrics in Manchester England experimented with check versions. Over time the word gingham evolved to be mostly associated with the check pattern.
In the 50s, women wore gingham dresses, but men rarely wore gingham shirts. We know this from watching a few episodes ofMad Men.
In 1963, James Bond (Sean Connery) sported a large blue and white gingham check shirt with his swimsuit in From Russia with Love. Casual stuff.
At some stage (guessing it was in the 70s) someone designed a tablecloth with this pattern and became very successful. Since then gingham has been cursed with the name “table cloth pattern”.
In the 80s and 90s, bankers never took gingham seriously. Neither Patrick Bateman nor Gordon Gekko would even consider wearing it to work.
Even Nike has a cool Gingham style print
At some stage, perhaps due to marketing of Ralph Lauren, gingham dress shirts went mainstream. Natty British socialites wore them to rugby matches. Suburban WASPS embraced gingham as the perfect shirt to wear under their blue blazer with their white pants when they went to the country club. Glenn Beck wore them on TV. Frat boys wore them to class. Now wearing a shirt or dress can be fashionable when kept simple.
Fun Fact: Dorothy wore a blue gingham dress in the Wizard of Oz –One of my all time favorite movies.
Animals by nature are reliable, full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to.
Alfred A. Montapert
I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don’t betray each other.
Taylor Caldwell
The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated – Mahatma Gandhi
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals – Immanuel Kant
Waiting for Adoption
Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals– George Orwell
We have abolished the death penalty for humans, so why should it continue for animals?
Brigitte Bardot
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it. Samuel Butler
Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs. P. J. O’Rourke. **Well at least they product their own food source.
Ever occur to you why some of us can be so concerned with animals suffering? Because the government is not. Why not? Animals don’t vote– Paul Harey
Wild animals never kill for sport – only people but they are NOT good sports for doing so.
DID YOU KNOW that your kitchen counter might already hold the cure for what ails you?
Since time immemorial, humans have used spices to better their food and their bodies. Our ancestors knew which spices would settle an upset stomach, relieve inflammation, and more. Now studies have finally proven that whether you’ve got achy muscles, a cold that just won’t quit, or a case of the blues, reaching for a natural healer may be just what the doctor ordered.
CORIANDER (or CILANTRO) in its leafy form is a powerful bacteria fighter. The oil from coriander seeds (which destroys cells by damaging their membranes and interfering with cellular respiration) is effective in wiping out strains from E. coli to salmonella. You can add the seeds from everything from fruit salad to pasta. You can dry toast them for a minute and toss them with olive oil and quinoa.
CINNAMON may lower your diabetes risk by triggering enzymes that stimulate insulin receptors and inhibiting enzymes that deactivate them. It can improve cells’ ability to absorb glucose from the blood. It has also been found to reduce triglycerides and harmful cholesterol. I add about half a teaspoon to my coffee in the morning but you can also use it for savory dishes like lamb & tomato soup.
TUMERIC is thought to have cancer fighting properties. UCLA researchers have found that curcumin, an antioxidant in the spice, can help prevent and treat head and neck cancers by blocking a protein that promotes tumor growth. That same protein causes joint inflammation, so curcumin could also reduce arthritis risk. Use not only in Indian dishes but you can add a bit to lemonade for an extra dash of tartness or things like hummus for a sunny burst of color.
GARLIC helps protect your immune system by boosting production of infection-fighting white blood cells. Allicin, garlic’s main active component, is thought to block enzymes that lead to viral infections. We all know what we can use garlic on……almost everything. Try driizzling a head of garlic with olive oil, roast it, then squeeze and spread the cloves on your sandwiches.
SAFFRON might help alleviate mild to moderate mood depression. In a 2005 study, saffron supplements (didn’t know they did supplements) were as effective as a common anti-depressent in reducing depressive symptoms. In a 2008 study, 76 percent of women who took saffron capsules daily reported a 50 percent drop in PMS symptoms like mood swings and fatigue. Steep saffron in any liquid to infuse whatever you’re cooking with its flavor. I love it with rice or quinoa.
GINGER has anti-inflammatory properties. It blocks serotonin receptors in the small intestine so it can help keep you from feeling nauseated or throwing up. A study has shown that it also helps in reducing muscle pain from exercise. You can saute fresh ginger with veggies, fish or chicken. Steeping ginger in hot water is great for tea. Just add a bit of honey. I usually add it to fresh juice for a little zip.
Taken from “Feeling Good” an article by Nicole Frehsée for “O” Magazine.
Don’t miss listening to “Transforming Health” with host Brad King for the most up-to-the-minute interviews with leading health professionals – Live every Wednesday @ 12PM-PST/3PM-EST on VoiceAmerica.com – #1 internet radio station in North America. Here’s the link: http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/1686/transforming-health
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Samuel Ullman
Listen up, ski bunnies! 
I personally recommend & use: La Roche-Posay Anthelios XL 50+ tinted extreme fluid. It’s feels weightless, does the trick and gives a nice sheer tint.
Also good & less expensive is Neutrogena age shield repair sunscreen with SPF 55. It goes on light but doesn’t feel sticky or make your face look white.
Have lots of fun until someone makes you stop! 
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