How are you doing with your New Year's resolutions?

Inspired by the sight of a new calendar, we vow to do better during the coming year. We resolve to break a bad habit (to stop overeating, to stop going to bed so late) or to build a good habit (to be a better listener, to exercise more). All too often we find that the force and momentum… Continue reading

Is it too dry in your home or office? Too humid? How do you know?

Lots of folks just like you are concerned about the relative humidity where they live or work, especially during the heating season.

Relative humidity is an important factor for several reasons. It affects how comfortable we feel. If it's too dry, we can't seem to get warm no matter how high… Continue reading

Thinking that our emotions are controlled by what happens to us is taking the easy way out. Sure external events cause us to be happy or sad. But we do not need to allow these external events to control our emotions.

We can't divorce ourselves from our emotions. But who and what we are is dictated by what emotions we allow to come to the forefront. All… Continue reading

That's a great question. At some point in your life, you have witnessed in yourself and perhaps others, attempts at making changes to their life which simply didn't "take". The range of changes is everything from losing weight to ending a bad relationship or smoking. Whatever the example, we have all had an opportunity to experience what seemed like good attempts but for some reason, the good attempt… Continue reading

Times are not what they used to be are they? Of course, our parents said that, our grandparents said it and now we, in our 40's and 50's, are saying it. There will always be those times to remember when things were better. Heaven knows, many of us live day after day with regrets hoping for the old days and what they were and they what they gave… Continue reading

Understanding the features and workings of your espresso machine.

An espresso machine is, quite simply, a hot water boiler and steam generator with one or more integral, pressurised, coffee brewing points. With the emphasis on maintaining an optimum brewing temperature the machines is designed to produce 1-1.5 fluid ounces of concentrated coffee liquor, by forcing hot water at a temperature of between 92-96 degrees Celsius at a… Continue reading