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Americans typically refer to this time of year as "fall," while the British use the word "autumn." Historically, Fall was called "harvest" because of the "harvest moon" that occurs close to the autumn equinox.   Fall is caused by the Earth's tilt, not our distance from the sun. When the northern hemisphere tilts towards the sun, we get warmer. When it tilts away, we get colder. Fall and spring are the times of transition.   Weight gain around this time of year may not be from all the food. Researchers have found that lack of vitamin D reduces fat breakdown...

In my opinion, you must love puppies very much to get one. I write this as I am dog-sitting for my daughter and her family who are on vacation. They adopted one of the puppies who is now 4 months old. Foolishly, I volunteered to dog sit because “poor little baby, you can’t board her. She’s too vulnerable and young”. She may be vulnerable and young, but she’s a handful. In one day, she has gotten into more trouble than I could ever have imagined. On our first day, while relaxing on the balcony, puppy Mocha managed to get her...

When I was a kid my family traveled cross country from Los Angeles to Miami by car – twice, not once. We weren’t crazy, I just think we were Cubans being called to the closest we could get to our native hot and humid climate. Well, maybe a little crazy. The trip from LA to Miami was long, but I remember Texas the most because the  state seemed never ending. Brush and desert surrounded us for hundreds and hundreds of miles for what seemed like days. Although I did not think about it much over the years, I now realized that...