Author: Maggi Pier

Join me for a Saturday out at the local Farmer’s Market and some local antique stores and see what we bring home with us. I’ll also be shopping for some low-light indoor plants for my bedroom, and I’ll show you how I’m combining succulents and antiques in a whimsical outdoor garden space. If you haven’t……

Event 201 was a pandemic preparedness simulation hosted in New York City by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, the World Economic Forum and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in October 2019 — 10 weeks before the COVID-19 outbreak first began in Wuhan, China. This scripted tabletop exercise — select portions of which…

Sensitive skin is not a disease, its a very common skin condition. If your skin is sensitive it may become more prone to skin conditions. There are different types of skin conditions. Acne and inflammation re the most common ones. If your skin is sensitive, you may get affected by skin conditions than other people….

Remember approximately 100 years ago when people were hoarding toilet paper, and many of us thought that we’d have the pandemic under control by summer? Sigh. While toilet paper is easier to find now, there’s actually a pretty compelling case for ditching it in favor of bidets—even if you’re out and about. (Following safety guidelines,…

If a luxury getaway to Asia is on your wishlist, you might want to consider a private pool villa in Phuket Thailand instead of a hotel room or suite. Why? Because the Land of Smiles offers some of the most luxurious pool villas anywhere on the planet. In Phuket, like most places in Thailand, accommodation…

This mind-boosting and tasty smoothie combines ashwagandha with high-antioxidant blueberries and cinnamon; vitamin E-loaded almonds;… The post Longevity Blueberry-Ashwagandha Smoothie appeared first on Delicious Living.

If a novel virus is introduced to a population, eventually enough people acquire natural immunity so that the number of susceptible people declines. When the number susceptible is low enough to prevent epidemic growth, herd immunity is said to have been reached. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, some experts estimated that 70%…

I have had sex in many different places, but one of the hottest was in an office (a touch cliché, but whatever). So while I can personally attest that there are many fun things you can do with a desk and office chairs, I can also imagine that the novelty of the setup wears off…

Hey friends! We just got back from our 2020 family vacation, and I vlogged the whole thing just so I could capture memories for our family and share them with you too! From camping, kayaking, and hiking to playing in waterparks and going to dinner theaters to ziplining — we had a fun-filled week together……

A new study helps to explain how leptin, a hormone produced by fat tissue, influences your motivation to eat. The researchers described for the first time a collection of leptin-responsive neurons in the brain’s lateral hypothalamic area (LHA). Those LHA neurons feed directly into the mesolimbic dopamine system, which controls the rewarding properties assigned to…