by Bonnie B Matheson | Jul 27, 2021 | Family, Musings about life, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
Helen Dow Can you imagine not knowing how to swim by the time you graduated from college? Helen Dow couldn’t swim. But her finance Dr. William J. Hale wanted her to learn. Reading my grandparents’ letters to each other has been enlightening.It is hard for us to...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Jun 15, 2021 | Health, Musings about life, Politics, Rant, The Healthy Life
Ever since I was a little girl, my mother, Ruth, told me stories about going to the cemetery to visit her dead mother on Memorial Day Weekend. They normally did this every Sunday. But Memorial Day was special. Perhaps it was a social event with others attending their...
by Bonnie B Matheson | May 24, 2021 | Family, Health, Musings about life, Politics, Rant, The Healthy Life
This country needs to wake up while we still can. Today I discovered something that I had not realized before. Like most people who tend to think other people care about many of the same things they do, it never occurred to me that anyone would not want to do research...
by Bonnie B Matheson | May 12, 2021 | Politics, Rant, The Healthy Life
“They actually changed the definition of “pandemic,” removing the requirement of mass casualties, and if it wasn’t for that, COVID-19 simply would not qualify as a pandemic.”Quoted from Naomi Wolf on Dr Mercolas podcast. There is a private school in Miami that is...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Apr 29, 2021 | Health, Musings about life, Rant, The Healthy Life
5 Reasons to Ditch the Mask. Number ONE reason is this: The mask has lost it’s original purpose. It is a mark of fear and a signal that the wearer will conform even when the thing conformed to is uncomfortable and unnecessary. It has become a method of separating one...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Apr 21, 2021 | Health, Musings about life, Rant, The Healthy Life
Are you terrified of the Virus COVID-19? Please let me relieve your mind. Do you believe we are in the throws of a Pandemic? There are many authorities who do not believe that. Are you afraid you will catch the virus and end up in a hospital? Do you know what the...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Apr 6, 2021 | Family, Musings about life, The Healthy Life
Easter morning was shot through with sunlight and still a bit chill from the night cooling. But the promise of a warm day was in the air along with the scent of flowering trees and shrubbery. What a Day!!!! Lucky for me, because 24 people were expected for lunch at...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Mar 31, 2021 | Health, Musings about life, Politics, Rant, The Healthy Life
This country was founded on the rights of the INDIVIDUAL. First and foremost we have the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Each of us, not some group, but each individual person in this country has that right. We are so driven by Identity Politics...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Feb 10, 2021 | Borrowed Posts due to Excellence, mind body connection, The Healthy Life, Uncategorized
How many times have you heard people tell you that it is the core that is most important for your overall fitness? When exercising, this is often stressed. Without a strong core, the rest of your body won’t work as well or efficiently. Well, there is a lot more...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Jan 27, 2021 | Musings about life, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
You are not a victim! You are not powerless. Despite the media, the classroom, and many best-selling books plying the public with tales of victimhood, it is not the truth. We all have the ability to rise above our circumstances, no matter how horrid. It has been...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Dec 22, 2020 | Family, Health, Musings about life, Rant, The Healthy Life
Christmas is something you carry inside your heart. It does not depend on presents or carols or exceptional food, but all of those things help intensify the feelings of “Good Will Towards Men.” However, it is a time for gathering together. It is a time for...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Dec 11, 2020 | Musings about life, Rant, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
Charlottesville is a town filled with fear. I have never seen anything like it. People are afraid. Children are afraid of their grandparents, and parents are afraid of their children. How on earth did things become so twisted? Using the excuse of a disease that is so...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Dec 4, 2020 | Health, Musings about life, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
“You have inspired me!” She said the magic words. I was feeling a bit discouraged about my “reach”. I had been wondering if anybody cared about my message. I received an email from a woman whom I know only slightly. She wrote those words...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Nov 10, 2020 | The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
Do you ever stand in front of the clothes in your closet saying “I don’t have a thing to wear” while looking through hangers full of clothes. I spent many hours this way. It is frustrating and at the same time it is obvious that there are a lot of clothes in that...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Nov 4, 2020 | Health, Musings about life, Politics, Quote, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
When events seem discombobulated and people feel disoriented, it interferes with the energy surrounding us. On the day after an election with no clear winner, it is good to be older, wiser, and calmer. And that is certainly true for me.I remember the first election...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Oct 27, 2020 | Animals, Family, Musings about life, The Healthy Life
Today dawned cold and damp with a steely sky and bright leaves beginning to make a real show of autumn color. Finally, fall seems ready to give us a look at the world in orange, yellow, rust, and moss green, with occasional patches of the brilliant red leaves of the...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Oct 19, 2020 | Musings about life, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
The sun beating in my windows woke me with intense golden light. It is such a pleasure to wake up that way. Full of gratitude is my state every morning because I love being here in this house.My room faces east and overlooks a brick terrace that borders the whole...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Oct 7, 2020 | Musings about life, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
What did you believe when you were small? Did you like yourself? Or were you like me, scared to say or even feel that you liked yourself because that seemed conceited. They warned us about appearing to be “conceited” because that was arrogant. It was a...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Aug 19, 2020 | Health, Musings about life, Politics, Rant, The Healthy Life
Today the watchword is “safety”. People sign their emails “Stay Safe”. And they mean it. Some people are terrified of a virus that has a 98% survival rate. These same people are willing to give up their personal freedom to stay safe. Covid-19...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Aug 13, 2020 | Family, Health, Musings about life, Rant, The Healthy Life
I wrote the following after learning that a board meeting I normally attend will be held “virtually”. If one or two of us want to come in person, we have to abide by the ridiculous, restrictive, rules set up by the very Liberal Governor of Michigan...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Aug 4, 2020 | Musings about life, Politics, Rant, The Healthy Life
There is a message that should go to all clubs, organizations, schools, outdoor venues and of course, churches. You are being blackmailed! Somewhere over the rainbow… One can’t help but notice how all clubs, organizations, venues et c. as well as...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Apr 6, 2020 | Musings about life, Rant, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
A blaze in the fireplace, is magic. The virus which we have been watching for several months now, first hearing about it in January, has now taken center stage. It is front-page news, interior news, and back page news. It is everywhere. Facebook is full of it....
by Bonnie B Matheson | Apr 2, 2020 | Family, Musings about life, The Healthy Life
2 geese and many flowers Enforced shelter in place rules are onerous for some but not for me. Of course, I am careful. The unusual thing that happened this morning made me aware of how a few things have changed during my time here. Today I had to go to the bank. In...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Mar 18, 2020 | Health, Politics, Rant, The Healthy Life
For more than a week, a post about the virus they call Covid 19 has been lying in pieces all over my computer. There are so many conflicting reports. An article in the Washington Post which claimed to be about calming fears seemed to be doing the exact opposite. They...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Nov 15, 2019 | Family, Musings about life, The Healthy Life, Uncategorized
My mother is silent, and her system is breaking down now. She is more or less a shell of her old self. A beautiful hollow shell. Her blond head resting on a mound of pillows, her curls renewed by Mr. Eivind earlier yesterday in a home visit. The beauty salon will see...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Oct 11, 2019 | Family, Musings about life, The Healthy Life
lying down, floating in air I have not done any exercise yet, but I did go outside and lie in my hammock. I love it. I had forgotten the peace and tranquility available at a moment’s notice by simply lying in a hammock suspended from the ground. It is not only...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Sep 18, 2019 | Green and not so green, Health, Musings about life, The Healthy Life
Sotheby’s link Today I was speaking to my son Murdoch Matheson about how beautiful his Real Estate listings are. They are mostly country properties in the area of Charlottesville, VA and nearby counties. There is no place prettier than Virginia. It is more than...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Jul 24, 2019 | Musings about life, The Healthy Life
Now that I am sitting in a mildly air-conditioned room, my thoughts are clear once more. But last Sunday I was staying at a cottage in the country near The Plains, VA. When it was time to leave I could only find one of my dogs. One was missing. My brain nearly fried,...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Jul 10, 2019 | Green and not so green, Musings about life, The Healthy Life
Right now, I have a month-long holiday while my mother is in Newport with my sister and her children and grandchildren. It is bliss. Shedding responsibility fast! It feels like taking off a heavy fur coat which was inexplicably worn on a hot day. The relief is...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Jun 20, 2019 | Musings about life, The Healthy Life, Uncategorized, Women's Issues
There she sits at the head of the octagonal breakfast table, looking like a Fairy Queen. Someone said she is more beautiful now than she was 20 years ago and it is true. I don?t know if it is because EVERYONE tells her how lovely she is. Or is it a trick of nature?...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Apr 3, 2019 | Caring for aging parents, Musings about life, Rant, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
Our Mother was lonely for a dog who loved her. She told us so one night after dinner. My sister and I were both staying at her the house. What she said was; “I am lonely.” and we both pricked up our ears, worried we were not doing enough.? But she...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Dec 13, 2018 | Health, The Healthy Life, Uncategorized
We eat at DeCarlos all the time. It is a wonderful restaurant for local people. We love to go there because we feel completely comfortable. Low lighting and no steps to enter the place make it easy for anyone using a walker or a wheelchair.? The parking is easy, too.?...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Sep 11, 2018 | Health, Musings about life, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
This David King, Long Term Solution weight loss program is seriously important to me. https://www.davidkingfitness.com/lts/ I am losing weight, but being careful, rather than being impossibly diligent. On the other hand, I am really pretty happy eating this way. It...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Jul 27, 2018 | Health, Musings about life, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
????????????????? Have you ever tried a 40- hour fast? It sounds gruesome, doesn’t it? I have been doing a program called The Long-Term Solution with David King (?https://www.davidkingfitness.com/ ), who is a diet and lifestyle coach. He is the Tony Robbins of...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Jul 20, 2017 | Health, The Healthy Life
I am terrified to write this blog post. Why? I write every single day in a journal that I have been keeping since August 2015.? Writing does not scare me and I have a lot to say. Procrastination is probably the reason behind the fear or maybe it is the other way...
by Bonnie B Matheson | May 4, 2016 | The Healthy Life, Uncategorized, Women's Issues
My Mother is 98 years old. She is beautiful and cheerful. But things are changing for her as she becomes more frail and less able to participate in the activities that kept her young. For instance she loved to play golf, and she starred at croquet, but her balance is...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Dec 3, 2011 | Health, The Healthy Life
I love Dr. Mercola’s articles. Here is one everyone should read. It just amazes me how people simply go along with the herd. Don’t you want to KNOW? Don’t you want to be told the honest truth about what is being touted as “good for you”?...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Sep 17, 2011 | Health, The Healthy Life
This is directly quoted from my blog for www.childbirthsolutions.com but I have modified it for this site, leaving out some of the ?rant? about childbirth and the way doctors use dogma to coerce women into being compliant patients when they go to the hospital to give...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Apr 1, 2011 | Health, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
Recently I was in a Facebook discussion with some young women about aging.? It made me think of an answer for all of them. “Oh …You girls…..You are ALL so young.” and I continued with much of what I have written here, though I have embellished...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Mar 24, 2011 | Rant, The Healthy Life, Uncategorized, Women's Issues
A home birth is the best place for a calm birth. In one?s own home that sense of being in a foreign place is simply not a problem.? After all, this is ?home?.? In a hospital there are different smells, different sounds, and a large number of strangers all intent on...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Feb 10, 2011 | Coaching, Health, Rant, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
I read an article about a new study that says daily drinking of diet soda may lead to higher risk of stroke or heart attack. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41479869/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/ I was surprised to see some comments on Facebook about this article that...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Nov 6, 2010 | Coaching, Rant, The Healthy Life, Uncategorized, Women's Issues
1. Be a student of life. Learn something new every day. The day you stop learning is the day you begin to become obsolete. Never stop learning. 2. None of us is Perfect. The sooner you know this in your heart, the sooner you can start being excellent. Begin every...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Oct 28, 2010 | Health, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
The first suggestion from me would be educating people about how to take care of their own health. The whole MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL complex is out to make money for themselves. They have NO desire to keep people well. That would be bad for business (and I am all for...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Oct 22, 2010 | Coaching, Health, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
I stole the above quote from Equilibrium http://www.equilibrium-clinic.com/ because I believe it is so important. ?So many people are unwell for so many diverse reasons. Do you know why you are sick, if you are suffering from some condition? ?Have you thought about...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Oct 13, 2010 | Health, Rant, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
http://www.hersfoundation.com/anatomy/index.html I hope every woman will watch this wonderful video. It may save your uterus and or ovaries.? We need our organs.? Do not let a physician tell you that you do not need them. I spent years and years looking for a doctor...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Oct 1, 2010 | Coaching, Rant, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
What are you expecting from the Government bailout program? Are you expecting money deposited in your bank by some mythical program? There is only one person who can make your bank account grow fast and it is you.? You are so powerful, but when you start to believe...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Sep 23, 2010 | Health, Rant, The Healthy Life, Women's Issues
Do you sometimes feel that things will just never work out for you? Do you worry that you are reaching an age where no more good things will happen? And whose fault do you think that is? It is the fault of your own attitude. Where did that attitude come from?? Is...
by Bonnie B Matheson | Sep 16, 2010 | The Healthy Life
I’ve started a new reoccurring series on my blog focusing on healthy lifestyle tips.? Check back for alternative ways to eat healthier, stay fit and live a good, full life. First up- coconut oil. My eating has become healthier in the second half of my life as...
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