by Marlene Bumgarner | Feb 9, 2024 | Books, Good Reads, Health
Hello there! I am excited to share with you a podcast that I was recently featured on, The Cereal Grain Café with Dr. Kurt A. Rosentrater. In Season 2, Episode 3 – Whole Grains with Marlene Bumgarner we discuss whole grains, organic foods, recipes, and history....
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jan 31, 2024 | Aging, Family, Gardening, Health, Nature
An Early Start Good morning! I’m writing at 7:00 a.m. today after checking in with my online writing group and taking Kismet out for the first of our walks of the day. Shafts of yellow light creep through my Venetian blinds, urging me to wake up and experience...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Mar 3, 2023 | Aging, Community, Cooking and Eating, Family, Health
Happiness Starts in the Morning This morning I awakened just before my alarm went off. I set an alarm for 6:00 a.m. Monday through Friday so I can join a Shut Up and Write Group that meets 6:45-8:30. We check in, say where we’re calling from, then write for 90...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Sep 4, 2022 | Cooking and Eating, Health
Adjusting to the Heat Southern California, along with much of the US and beyond, is experiencing a record-breaking heat wave. In my email this morning came this warning from the Weather Service: LOS ANGELES, CA — Punishing triple-digit heat continues to bear down on...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jan 15, 2022 | Community, Cooking and Eating, Family, Gardening, Grandparenting, Health
Explore Your Local Market In the last decade, millions of people have altered their buying habits and now purchase some food from CSAs, farmers’ markets, and grocery stores that specialize in locally grown, unsprayed, and unprocessed produce and grains, sustainable...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Aug 2, 2021 | Family, Health
An Inner Guide to Healing Through Energy Medicine Dear Readers, My writing colleague, Dorothy, has published a book on the teachings of her mentor, Rahul Star Patel, and has asked me to let others know about it. I am posting an essay she recently wrote on her blog,...