** There’s been a lot of conversation about the Civil war: Diabetes vs. diabetes article by Julie Deardorff that originally appeared in the…

Another sneeze did I hear someone say bless you,have been cold all day long central heating on but it is a coldness that comes straight from your bones if you know what I mean, I managed to take my insulin with my dinner late I know, but better late than never,smudge has not moved all day curled up on my side of the bed as smug as a rug in spring.hobbled outside today and they some bread to the birds must remember to leave them a drink of water in case the conditions get even worse than they…

As a kid of the 80s reaching that video game age in the early 90s, the Nintendo was truly an early love and came into my home to provide hours of entertainment. One of the games included with this system was Duck Hunt, which many know by the orange plastic handgun used to hunt down the passing birds that appear on the screen. Well, now I find myself using those Duck Hunt skills as I set my D-Advocacy sights on the Lame Duck Congress and urge them to vote on diabetes-focused legislation.…

I have recipes that call for oiling both sides of parchment paper. Food doesn't stick to parchment paper, so why grease it? Is it to keep the paper flat? Thanks.

How sweet some memories of summers past of winters with warm gloves and hats,the smell of log fires burning in the fireplace of marshmallows melting the snow,of doggy sitting at my feet, my mom and dad who cuddle me and tell me of what wondrous things to be, the snow is falling the owl is calling the smoke up the chimney goes dad tells me he loves my little toes,he says this little piggy went to market and so the story goes,I say my prayers my soul to keep I close my eyes and fall asleep,a…

This is my 4th attempt this morning to write a blog,what an awful name blog,why not well I cannot think of anything can you to call a blog,answers please,on what you think it should be called,could not even find a definition in my Chambers super mini dictionary.

Very cold night again 15 below in some places so it was pretty bad for some folks,I woke up at 5am thanks to smudge puring in my ear she has my brain well trained because I always wake up it is such a comforting sound the…