Tag Archives: Health

Notes from Inside a Black Hole

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Touch2Touch

Serious illness, like a black hole, draws everything into itself. Energy, creativity, enthusiasm, all the factors essential to blogging, are subsumed and nothing is left outside. Which explains where I’ve been for so long. Not my illness, but the Hub’s. Now … Continue reading →

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Laid Low

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Touch2Touch

Ever since I first read the English author Jane Austen when I was a girl, I’ve been in love with her and everything she wrote. I’ve reread all of her novels periodically over the years. Winston Churchill read Jane (her … Continue reading →

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HEART VOICES

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Touch2Touch

I was going to give you a springtime post of the glorious flowers on display at the recent Mount Holyoke Bulb Show, wonders of nature if there ever were such. But they’ve been preempted by another wonder of nature, not … Continue reading →

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A Touch is as Good as Chocolate

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Touch2Touch

From NPR’s Morning Edition, September 20, 2010: THE POWER OF TOUCH Social scientists have shown in many studies over the years that supportive touch can have good outcomes in a number of different realms. Consider the following examples: If a teacher touches … Continue reading →

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Where to Lose Weight on Vacation…

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Touch2Touch

I really had to laugh when I saw the headline in the New York Times Health Section:  Where to Lose Weight on Vacation. Here we are in Arizona, not a scale in the rented house, but all I need is … Continue reading →

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