Category: Lifestyle & Wellness

  • We’re almost there

    We’re almost there

    GARDEN VIEWSby Kent Petterson, columnist Hey, vegetable gardening friends—we’re almost there to spring planting time! It may not look like it today, but in a couple…

  • Your thoughts are lying to you (And so are mine!)

    Your thoughts are lying to you (And so are mine!)

    Being Well by Erin Brandel Dykhuizen, MA, MSW, LICSW Let me be real here for a minute — this column almost didn’t happen this month.…

  • Modern Medicine’s Promising COVID Vaccine

    Modern Medicine’s Promising COVID Vaccine

    West End Healthline By Jonathan Colin Rizo, MD, PGY2In December 2020, The BioNTech-Pfizer BNT162b2 and Moderna mRNA 1273 vaccines were granted emergency use authorization for the prevention…

  • The Bold North

    The Bold North

    In the darkest and coldest months of the year, West Enders and other St. Paulites find a multitude of ways to enjoy the nature our neighborhood has…

  • Escaping the Spiral of the Winter Blues

    Escaping the Spiral of the Winter Blues

    Being Wellby Erin Brandel Dykhuizen, MA, MSW, LICSW I haven’t been to my (now virtual) book club in three months. I haven’t even tried to read…

  • The Mixed Precipitation We Call Winter

    The Mixed Precipitation We Call Winter

    Birds in ParticularHalle O’[email protected] COVID fatigue and politics—as well as Basal cell carcinoma—have been kicking my butt this winter. Even still, I have a wee bit…

  • Vaccines roll out for some — with dose of confusion

    Vaccines roll out for some — with dose of confusion

    By David Lamb The robo-calls from the United Family Medicine (UFM) clinic came in the late afternoon on January 19, saying there were vaccinations available at…

  • If You Were Sick, Who Would Speak for You?

    If You Were Sick, Who Would Speak for You?

    West End Healthline by Courtney Klinkhammer, MD Among all the surprises 2020 brought us have been new challenges for getting the care we want. Every…

  • Be the Change…Love What is…

    Be the Change…Love What is…

    Dear Deb By Deborah Padgett “Peace begins within. …The glory of the human spirit lies in our ability to choose, to let go of despair,…