Lifestyle
What's happening in lifestyle news? For information and details regarding daily lifestyle, see our articles below.
The future of wine pricing
For the first time since we opened the shop 12 years ago there are many forces at work pushing wine prices higher. Forces that go beyond the normal ones of supply and demand, good vintages with large harvests and c…
Four intermittent fasting methods
Fasting can help you manage your weight, increase mental clarity and reduce your risk for disease, simply by changing when you eat. Fasting is one of the easiest dieting strategies out there because it does not inv…
Adrenal fatigue may be the problem
Adrenal fatigue, exhaustion or insufficiency, whatever you want to call it, refers to lowered adrenal function or output. Adrenal glands produce vital hormones that help our body handle stress. The adrenal glands s…
Poor memory
One of the most concerning public health challenges we face today is that of cognitive decline. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, deaths from Alzheimer’s have increased 145% since the year 2000, 1 in 3 seni…
Milestone Announcements
WEDDING
Keeping positive in the winter months
Do you like it when it is cold, grey, dark, rainy and snowy outside? Spending time at home with some movies, blankets and hot tea sounds like heaven to me, but for others, the “winter blues” can be hard to get thro…
The complex health picture
With ever-increasing complexity in life, we learn to compartmentalize our life in an attempt to bring order to chaos. We have our spiritual life, family life, work life, social life, animal/pet life, recreational l…
Wine on the road
For the first time since we opened our shop, Mary and I were able to take off for a short vacation right after our busiest time of the year. We accomplished this feat by some good forward planning back in August to…
What options do you have when back surgery fails?
I read a very interesting study recently and learned something new. Ever hear of FBSS? No? Me neither. It stands for failed back surgery syndrome. According to a paper in the Journal of Pain Research, up to 74.6% o…
McCaughan achieves Eagle Scout rank
Dylan McCaughan, son of Steve and Julie McCaughan of Hayden, has achieved Boy Scouting’s highest rank, that of Eagle Scout.
MILESTONE ANNOUNCEMENT
Michael and
McCaughan achieves Eagle Scout rank
Dylan McCaughan, son of Steve and Julie McCaughan of Hayden, has achieved Boy Scouting’s highest rank, that of Eagle Scout.
MILESTONE ANNOUNCEMENT
ANNIVERSARY
The wine event of the year
For the last six years, we have looked forward to the first Saturday in February. Six years ago is when we were first asked to work with Hospice of North Idaho on their annual “Wine Taste,” the premier wine event o…
Health Detectives: Allies through your wellness adventure
2020 is the year of the rat according to the Chinese zodiac and it’s forecasted to be a strong, prosperous and lucky year for all. I share this merely as a fun tidbit to muse over as I am contemplating the mind-bog…