11:30am-6:00pm in the parking lot behind Harvest Co-op.
As I recall from early days last season, it will be plants (flowers and veggies for your flowerbeds/patio recession garden!), lettuce, radishes, and other early things. It seems a little early yet for local berries but that is right around the corner - hurray! Austin Brothers will be […]
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‘Tis the season - for buying a new home on the spring market, or planning a warm-weather renovation. With many thanks to Cambridge mom Erin Rowland, we are able to share a very comprehensive list of key issues and resources to keep in mind when considering this important health concern. More resources may also be […]
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A helpful flu symptom worksheet was circulated at my daughter’s school yesterday…You can download the PDF here (look for it listed under “Resources if You are Sick or Think You Are Sick”). And of course never hesitate to call your pediatrician! If you can’t call your pedi when you have questions, however mundane…it’s time to […]
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During my daughter’s first year of nursery school my lovely one year old son was still waking up a lot at night. Nursing had ended easily at 14 months, but despite my best efforts, he still woke up looking for me (and of course it was only me that would do - Daddy was sent […]
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The Copley Square Farmer’s Market in Boston opens this Tuesday (Thanks for the heads up JJ!). If you have time on a Tuesday for an outing, this is also a nice time of year to visit the Public Garden (Swan Boats are running!) down the street.
Nearer to Cambridge, markets will be starting to open in […]
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Here in the “Best Walking City” we are having a “Walk to School” day tomorrow to celebrate the benefits walking. [Also, if the weather is like today, an opportunity to contemplate the necessity of wearing fleece in New England on pretty much any day of the year…Or, to see it from a child’s less grumbly […]
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During a conversation about the merits of fresh eggs, someone mentioned in passing Pete & Jen’s, which I filed in the back of my mind. Today, on a mini adventure to Verrill Farms (farm stand on steroids) in Concord, a woman working at the store told me we could get fresh eggs and save […]
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‘Tis the season….for gingerbread cookies, for ice skating….and for sharing nasty colds. Our first *guest blogger*, holistic health counselor Elaine Murphy of Live Wisely, has offered her top 5 tips on boosting your immune system this winter.
Don’t know about you, but I tucked in one 3 1/2 year old with a very runny nose tonight…so […]
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Are all magazine editors secretly longing to move to Cambridge?
My sister came home from a haircut yesterday reporting that Self magazine had called Cambridge one of the “best places to live for women.” The online blurb (read here) doesn’t give too many details but apparently it has to do with things like active lifestyle, low […]
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I was so sad the last time I made it to the farmers market before it ended for the season. Luckily I expressed my woe to those at the farm stands, because one gave me a brochure for the newly established Winter CSA from Enterprise Farm in western Mass that delivers fresh produce weekly […]
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Posted in Grown-Ups: Health on Nov 7th, 2008
Does anyone else remember that “Beetles” spoof from Sesame Street? (You tube, how I love thee….).
Anyway - Talk of the Nation today featured a study about Vitamin B (in particular, Niacin) reducing the effects of Alzheimer’s in mice - and they’re about to start human trials. Exciting news for any of us who have seen […]
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I love to bike ride but don’t do it much since the kids came. What I did make time for last spring was the Somerville Historic bike tour. I took my son out on the trail-a-bike and did about 1/2 if the tour and had a great time. We had been on […]
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