Best Practices: Start with the end in mind Freeze-dried food has entered the home food preservation scene! Domestic freeze dryers have been introduced to homeowners within the past 10 years. More preservation enthusiasts have ventured into this form of food preservation. Once a machine has been chosen and placed in your home, there are a […]
In the last two months, many people across our state and nation experienced two awe inspiring events: the total solar eclipse and the Aura Borealis. While the total solar eclipse had been on everyone’s radar for months, if not years, the Northern Lights last weekend came as a pleasant surprise to most of us. As […]
May 7, 2024 by Caitlin Smith May is Preeclampsia Awareness Month and the Preeclampsia Foundation 2024 theme is Predict Prevent Prevail. What is preeclampsia? Per the Preeclampsia Foundation, preeclampsia is “a life-threatening disorder that occurs only during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Preeclampsia and related disorders such as gestational hypertension, HELLP syndrome and eclampsia are […]
May 2, 2024 by taylor.4411 Healthy meal prep containers with chicken, rice and vegetables Do busy schedules have you struggling to find dinner ideas? Is there not enough time in the day to cook a family dinner? Learn how to become more efficient in the kitchen with meal prepping ideas to set your day up […]
As I recently reminisced with a group of friends, interwoven in our conversation were comments about our use of technology when we were teens. We wrote letters to one another instead of sending emails. We made very short long-distance calls rather than texting. We even took photos on a camera with film that had to […]
May 28, 2020 by Emily Marrison Raising children in this ever-changing digital world can be a challenge. Some articles warn of the dangers of screens, while others urge us to help our kids keep up with technology. Caregivers are often actively encouraging these forms of passive entertainment, and electronic devices are always available as babysitters. […]
November 3, 2020 by Emily Marrison Each November we take time to recognize National Diabetes Month and American Diabetes Month. In the last 20 years, the number of adults in the US diagnosed with diabetes has more than tripled, reaching 34.2 million people with diabetes (about 10.5 percent of the US population). Here in Ohio […]
March 23, 2020 by Emily Marrison The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented action in regard to temporary business restriction and closure. Within the last week, Governor DeWine has ordered the closure of all dining rooms of bars and restaurants; closure of bowling alleys, movie theaters, recreation centers and similar businesses; and the closure of barbershops […]
October 15, 2020 by Emily Marrison Do you ever wonder if you are giving your kids too much or doing too much for them? I thought maybe it would get easier to determine this as my children got older. Now I find myself with a teen and a tween, and I am discovering this question […]
January 27, 2020 by Emily Marrison For better and for worse, we all inherit particular characteristics from our parents. Maybe it’s our mother’s eyes, or maybe our father’s temper. Some of that is directly the result of the DNA we’ve received, and some of it comes from the influence they exerted in our environment. When […]
March 29, 2021 by Emily Marrison Spring is a time of new beginnings and fresh starts. It is a good time to take inventory of our health, financial, and relationship habits to consider what personal spring cleaning may be in order. A few years ago, I came across the phrase “future self.” The concept is […]
If you are used to scanning the sweeteners on grocery store shelves, you may have noticed a new ingredient recently. Though it has been on the market here in the US since 2015, allulose is beginning to make an appearance in more foods for a wide variety of reasons. Allulose is often called a rare […]
Today’s topic is one that comes up often in discussions on screen time: are video games safe for my children to play? It is a complicated question with no easy answer, but I wanted to share some of the latest research. It is first helpful to define what we mean by a video game. Games […]
January 14, 2021 by Emily Marrison The beginning of a new year is an opportunity to consider those things you have been putting off. I heard last week that two of the greatest gifts you can give the next generation are organized, digitized photos and your advance care directives. If you are like 70 percent […]
