Lifestyle
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Living in the gradients
All too often, especially at the beginning of the year or after hearing a guest speaker somewhere, we get super-motivated to start eating healthy. We jump to the fad of the moment, put ourselves 100 percent into it…
Fascinating oak perspective
We just completed a winemaker dinner and tasting with the iconic California winery, Ridge. They have been around since the mid-'60s and their director of winemaking, Paul Draper, has been with the winery since 1969…
Damaging effects of forward head posture
Long-term abnormal neck posture leads to muscle strain, disc herniations, arthritis, pinched nerves and instability. Poor health can result from stretching of the spinal cord. A major part of head, neck, jaw and sh…
Free yourself from the cycle of emotional investing
In many areas of your life, you're probably aware that it's useful to keep emotions out of your decision-making - and that's certainly the case with investing. However, it can be difficult to keep your feelings fro…
Skye Reynolds: Enhancing the employee experience
Volunteer Spotlight: April Fortier
April Fortier has spent 10 years serving with United Way of Kootenai County. During this time, she has watched the focus of United Way's work transform from community impact to collective impact: a process for enga…
What's up with paddleboarding
Every year, I like to do a column on stand up paddleboarding. This week, I will be starting a two-part series on stand up paddleboarding. First, let's look at what stand up paddleboarding is all about.
An old-school workout
COEUR d'ALENE - As we flip the calendar to May, I always enjoy hearing comments and questions from neighbors as I begin my spring workouts:
Where will calorie labels appear? Not just menus
WASHINGTON - Diners could soon see calorie counts on the menus of chain restaurants.
Experiment grows new muscle in men's injured legs
WASHINGTON - Scientists implanted thin sheets of scaffolding-like material from pigs into a few young men with disabling leg injuries - and say the experimental treatment coaxed the men's own stem cells to regrow n…
The heart matters
Sometimes you have one of those weeks where it just seems you hear such similar stories from so many people that you wonder what it all means. This last week was one of those weeks. It seemed that every time I turn…
What is disc desiccation?
Disc desiccation refers to the loss of fluid in the intervertebral discs of the spine. The result is wear and tear of the discs as well as the vertebrae that manifests as acute pain in the back.
Feed a crowd with a bourbon-glazed salmon fillet
With grilling season upon us, we'll all be looking for new and delicious ways to feed a crowd. So I want to share one of my favorites - a center-cut salmon fil…
Shortcuts
Owning a retail wine shop, most of our evenings, save for when we have events like tastings and dinners, are pretty quiet. We make dinner at home most times and of course we have some wine but they are, in short, q…
Maintain septic systems to save big bucks
Septic systems are under-appreciated. Unless you live in a city on a municipal water system, septic systems dispose of all the waste that goes down the drains in your household, small business, church, school, rest…