What makes an older woman sexy? I fell asleep the other night wondering this, having contemplated the subtle erosion of the various bodily bits which supposedly evoke sexual urges.

But before I launch into my exegesis, I must make a minor (and defensive) detour and query the same about older men.  What do we find sexy about Jeremy Irons or Clint Eastwood?  Isn’t is their self-assurance?  Their ease?  Why is it considered that they look great when their hair turns silver and lines define their face, yet this doesn’t apply to women?  I know, this is a huge topic, and a bit of an old saw and frankly I’m really...

There is a place we can go, when we allow our minds to go silent, a place full of delight and joy.  I have glimpsed it before, mostly walking in nature.  But in this case, residing for four days in the foothills of the Sierras, it comes to me in spades.  Because here, beneath cobalt blue skies and between bosomy hills draped in dry yellow grasses and peppered with pines and manzanitas, is where my Zen retreat is taking place.

I soon learn this state of joy can happen anywhere, even facing a blank white wall.  For there is an essential joy residing in our natures as well as in nature herself.  That joy is waiting patiently beneath...

Once the surfing bug has bit, it becomes a lifelong affliction.

I first attempted to stand on a homemade plywood surfboard when I was 14. Then on a trip to Santa Barbara CA, when I was 16, I got to ride a real surfboard. I was stoked.

I am now 65 and I still think of myself as a surfer (although I rarely go through the trouble of dragging a board to the beach.) I rationalize by saying that body-surfing is the purest form of surfing.

A few years back I visited Francis Poole, a friend since our college days at Florida Atlantic University. When Francis got a position at...

In fact, I was one of those Bain de Soleil types back in the 60's, so I can see the damage I've done. But I managed to pick up on this magic stuff in time to spare my skin further torture. DeVita Solar Protective Moisturizer (SPF 30) has NO nasty toxins, parabens, or preservatives!  And it slides on like whipped cream... Very few major cosmetic companies offer anything like this, not even Neutrogena.  

While I am trying to boost a bit a revenue for Realize and I could send you to Amazon where a 2.5 oz tube goes for $18, I'd rather share the love and send you to my favorite discount online vitamin shop, where I don't have an...

The beauty of the internet is stumbling across ex-school mates in far-flung lands; this story from Essen, Germany appears before you thanks to a mutual Alma Mater, the Brearley School, in New York City.  Now let's face it, Americans tend to be a chauvinistic, so we've probably simply assumed that German women would have the same desires to erase evidence of the past as so many of us do.  But Melissa Knox begs to differ...

Goji Berries are considered one of the greatest of the Super Foods.  Though they are new to the market in the last few years, they’ve been used in Chinese Medicine for millennia as a general body tonic. I used to go to the pharmacy in China Town, in downtown Philadelphia - the only place I could find to buy them. I made a tea from them to drink as a medicinal tonic for 1 week out of every month.

Goji Berries have gained huge popularity both through research and celebrity testimonials  revealing their anti aging secrets. The real story is that the’re loaded with highly concentrated nutrients . The short list: plant-derived...