Author: Peony Moss

A trip to the fair Today I took Hambet to the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. Normally I would have gone with my husband, but we couldn’t figure out a good time to do it — last year, we went the first weekend and some of the exhibits weren’t up yet. The year before that, we… Continue reading A trip to the fair

Speaking of babies…. baby Veronika has her own spot now on the family server, with plenty of adorable pictures. I cannot get over how big she looks in these pictures, and how many of them catch her smiling!

What Use Is Literature? I so liked this article. It articulates perfectly why I swooned over novels and poetry as a teen, and why I longed to be a Writer myself. He even discusses Emma, my favorite Jane Austen book.

New treatments for hypochondria A very interesting article about hypochondria and its possible link to obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Wow! Mr Lileks went shopping at the same grocery store my parents go to all the time! (It’s at the end of the piece.) Ok, it doesn’t take much to get me excited.

Public Policy Targeting Obesity (may require answering a couple of marketing questions) My favorite part: “The word ‘epidemic’ doesn’t even do this justice. It is one of the most profound medical crises we’ve had in generations,” said Eric Topol, who as the chief of cardiology at the Cleveland Clinic treats the most serious obesity-related heart… Continue reading Public Policy Targeting Obesity (may