“I Can’t Get Covid — Can I??” As stressful as selling a home and moving to another is for people . . . it can be even more so for animals. Specifically, the family pet(s). The obvious reason: there’s no way to explain to them what’s happening (at least that I know). The cure? Extra...Read More
As stressful as selling a home and moving to another is for people . . . it can be even more so for animals. Specifically, the family pet(s). The obvious reason: there’s no way to explain to them what’s happening (at least that I know). The cure? Extra attention, exercise, and TLC ” and if...Read More
Is There Such a Thing as “Solace Food??” Never mind comfort food. Whether it’s the local weather (cold, wet, and dark); the drumbeat of incessantly negative news (Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, mail bombs, immigrant caravans, etc.); or just unrelenting 24/7 Trump, the Kaplan household is lately craving something more . . . potent. Call it, “solace food.”...Read More
As stressful as selling a home and moving to another is for people . . . it can be even more so for family pets. The obvious reason: there’s no way to explain to them what’s happening (at least that I know). The cure? Extra attention, exercise, and TLC ” and if that doesn’t work,...Read More
Perplexed Fido: “What . . . What’s . . . Happening?!?” As stressful as selling a home and moving to another is for people . . . it can be even more so for family pets. The obvious reason: there’s no way to explain to them what’s happening (at least that I know). The cure?...Read More
Call it a “High Tech Wash” (At Least at the Societal Level) “Racing the Clock, Saving the Heart: Faster Care Helps Death Rate Plunge 38% in Decade.” –Headline; NYT (June 21, 2015) “A study published in 2012 that tracked women for 10 years concluded that stressful jobs increased the risk of a cardiovascular event by 38%.”...Read More