The kids were gone and Joe was on a business trip. Home alone, for the first time in ages, I had the pleasure of experiencing the difference between alone time and lonely time. Lonely is a state of mind versus being unto oneself. It’s easy to feel completely isolated in a full house, where everyone […]
Yoga Or The Stork?
Love and relationships at home and work, go flat if we don’t break from the routine. With this in mind I planned a surprise family experience, texting my hubby a time and address to meet. The location was close to his afternoon business appointment, yet 40 minutes from the house, so it was an easy […]
ILYO In The News: Chocolate Chip Nookies
Akiva Resnikoff, founder of The Cookie Department, has engineered confections to do more than satiate your sweet tooth. His organic Chocolate Chip Nookies are baked with Peruvian Maca root, a member of the radish family. Packed with nutrients, this stamina boosting herb was eaten by Inca warriors before going to battle. Today powdered Maca root […]
Are You A Bonsai Or Sequoia?
What does the celebrated Red Carpet star have in common with the treasured Bonsai Tree? The Asian art of cultivating perfectly proportioned Bonsai trees, is achieved through surgical pruning. Stunting it’s growth is a balancing act of stressing the tree without killing it, producing exemplary specimens that appear ageless to the untrained eye. The Eastern […]