American Doll and Toy Museum: Doll Convention Season and Estate Sale Adventures

American Doll and Toy Museum: Doll Convention Season and Estate Sale Adventures: Another awesomely wild season of Virtual Doll Convention, Auctions, National Doll Festival and UFDC are coming to a rapid close, but with ...

Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: Pymian Pumpkins hold their own!

Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: Pymian Pumpkins hold their own!: These volunteered themselves.  They look very healthy, and I have hope.  Usually, I get lovely vines and blossoms, and then the vine wither...

Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: Pymian Pumpkins hold their own!

Miss Charlotte Bronte meets Miss Barbara Pym: Pymian Pumpkins hold their own!: These volunteered themselves.  They look very healthy, and I have hope.  Usually, I get lovely vines and blossoms, and then the vine wither...

Healthy Living, Eating, and Cooking, without Thinking!

In my immediate family, we were pretty healthy, and we didn't have cancer.  I am fairly healthy; it got me to thinking why?  I think it's because my mother cooked and served food routinely that is now considered uber healthy; here are some of the things she did:

• She cooked with olive oil, and used it in salad dressings.  Usually, vinegar, olive oil, a little salt.
• We ate a lot of tomatoes in Greek peasant salad, and often had it as a midnight treat.
• We didn't eat fast food; McDonald's was unheard of, and Mr. Quick was a special treat.
• She gave me pomegranates and cherries on a regular basis; we loved them in the summer.
• We always had grapes around, and oranges and apples.
• She didn't fry much; when she did, she drained the food well.
• She made soup from scratch, especially Lentil and vegetable.
• She skinned chicken and foul before she cooked it.
• Later on, she cooked with splenda and did healthy exchanges with butter  and sweeteners in her recipes.
• We didn't eat huge portions.
• We walked.
• We didn't drink diet pop.
• I loved blueberries, so she bought them and other berries.  I liked making blueberry pie.
• We ate a lot of nuts.
• She trimmed the fat off other meat, too.
• We were careful where we ate it.
• We never had alcohol around

It helped.  We weren't perfect, but by the same token, we weren't sick all the time, either. 

An Apologia for Countess Erzebet Bathory: July Skyward by Dr. David Levy; A Night Watchman's...

An Apologia for Countess Erzebet Bathory: July Skyward by Dr. David Levy; A Night Watchman's...: Here, once again, is a guest post from the incomparable David Levy.  Erzebet died at the time great strides were being made in astronom...

Celebrating the Legacy of Beverly Port with John Paul Port