Generally speaking, when someone dies and their friends and family gather together to celebrate their life and honor their memory, we like to remember the good times, to talk about how wonderful they were, how kind and generous and loving. We talk about the good things they did, their accomplishments, all those things that touched our lives in positive ways.
My children call me Mammy. It’s an Irish thing. I was in California visiting three of my grandchildren when I saw my 4-year-old grandson, “B,” having a bit of a tiff with his mother. She had let him have Lucky Charms cereal for breakfast. He, of course, had eaten all the marshmallow stars and none of the rest of the cereal and was asking for more. She said, not only would there be no more today, but there would not be anymore until he was old enough to eat everything in the bowl and drink his milk.
Whether “last minute” for you means anytime after Thanksgiving or 11:30 on Christmas Eve, it’s nice to have a repertoire of standby gifts that don’t require expensive overnight shipping. My standbys are edible gifts — decadent treats that offer my love and best wishes for the season.
Imagine that every time you walk into the supermarket you can be sure that your favorite pricey name-brand products will be, “Buy One, Get One 50 Percent Off.” What?! That’s not possible? Don’t tell Pat, today’s first tipster. He’s figured a way to do that with his pricey breakfast cereal, week after week ...
DEAR DOCTOR K: I’ve read a lot about vitamin D deficiency in the news. How much do I need? Where can I get it? DEAR READER: I try to make things clear, but the value of vitamin D supplements is complicated. Here it is in a nutshell.
