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Dear Dietician: Cancer and nutrition
Dear Readers, Today I am writing about a topic near to my heart: nutrition and cancer, or more pointedly, nutrition myths and cancer. My clinical...
Lincoln Out of Date
March 19, 1969 Local Chamber Has A Name A fiveman steering committee has decided to name the new organization 'Lincoln Valley Chamber of...
Grandmother Ethel
With most of the news being about politics these days, I think often about our maternal grandmother who was a dedicated Republican in the Eisenhower...
Dear Dietician: Fish oil
Dear Dietitian, My cousin tells me she is taking fish oil supplements to help her with depression. Do you know of any studies on this topic? Thank...
This is Montana Montana: One state with three changing regions
Montana is a single state. But in reality, there are many Montanas – some defined by variations in terrain and vegetation, others by climate and sti...
The birds of spring, a harbinger of summer
This last siege of storms has made for long winter. The snow is welcome, but it may delay spring grass and the return of migratory birds. As kids,...
Dear Dietician: Low sodium diet
Dear Dietitian, My husband was recently in the hospital and diagnosed with congestive heart failure. He has been instructed to follow a 1500 mg...
The cold frustration of winter
This last blizzard got me thinking about how hard the old timers had to work just to keep the house warm from September to May, and to cook every day...
When winter ends
Winter will end. Trust me. But what will we see when all that white stuff disappears? A landscape green from melting snow littered with dead deer? Pro...
My Smart Mouth: Columbus Don't
Having been raised in a rather traditional lifestyle and culture, I by no means consider myself a person who places no value in the past. Having said that, I like to think that I also recognize the...
Mountaintop Musings: First Steps on the Self-Confrontation Journey
To change biblically and travel the “self-confrontation journey” one must be born-again, a Christian, a Christ-follower; the terms may vary but you must be a person who has sincerely asked Jesus...
Kenny
When I was at my sickest in Brazil, and my legs didn't work to the point I sometimes couldn't get off the toilet by myself, I remembered a rancher...
Dear Dietician: Probiotics
Dear Dietitian, My friend is always on the latest health kick, so now she is taking probiotics every day and swears she feels so much better. She keep...
'Sundry rubber goods'
I've always kept myself on the outer edges of society, preferring to observe its actions and ideas with a soft contempt, always keeping my "ironic...
Dear Dietician: Prediabetes
Dear Dietitian, My husband was just diagnosed with prediabetes. We were given a sheet of paper with information on this, but it left us with many...
Mountaintop Musings: Starting the self-confrontation journey
This week I want to share some thoughts on how a person can change. But it is not change for changes’ sake, but how a person can change Biblically? How does a person adjust their thinking to match...
Learning patience from the farm flock
Years back almost every ranch kept a "farm flock" of 100 – 200 ewes. They provided extra income from their wool and lambs, but could be a nuisance...
Dear Dietician: Fiber
Dear Dietitian, I just read an article that said eating a high fiber diet helps prevent colon cancer, but other articles on this topic have said the...
Mountaintop Musings: The self confrontation challenge
Well after almost one month of the New Year I imagine we all have failed in several or all of our New Year’s resolutions. It is very difficult to make changes. Old habitats die hard they say! For...
My Smart Mouth: Honest Mistakes
I think I may have unwittingly traumatized my kid this weekend. She’s stoic, so it’s hard to tell, but I have the sneaking suspicion that I’ll be hearing about this incident over Thanksgiving...
An ongoing loss of heritage and history
Some time ago I saw a photograph taken at the Helmville cemetery on the day they buried my great grandfather in 1922. In the picture there's a...
Rites of Passage
It took me a long time to fully appreciate the differences between a rural upbringing and an urban upbringing. These differences are not especially...
Dear Dietician: E. Coli.
Dear Readers, A few months ago, I wrote about the 2018 Escherichia Coli (E. Coli) outbreaks related to Romaine lettuce. The contaminated lettuce was...
Dear Dietician: Overeating
Dear Readers, Now that the holidays are over and it's back to our normal routine, some of us may resolve to eat healthier in 2019. Many of us have...
My Smart Mouth: Woman's Best Friend
Despite having grown up surrounded by animals – or perhaps because of it – I am not a card-carrying member of the dog lover’s club. Before you rally a lynch mob, let me explain my position by...
