Brenda Farrell

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When you travel, do you care more about convenience or experience?
You may find it difficult to answer this since when it comes to travel arrangements, the convenience factor influences departure times, flight duration, connections, seat number and more.   However, here is a situation that really brought home to me the [...]

I’ve met one or two people who don’t like massage, “I don’t like to be touched.” One or two.
Most of us really enjoy a massage regardless of the reason.  While some may make therapeutic massage a regular component in their lives, others go when they need a relaxation fix.  I [...]

Last year, my dear friend Karen bought me a beautiful, hand-made silver chain and pendant from a well-known jewellery designer in the UK.   I wore it day in and day out and then decided to clean it using the branded “silver cleaner for jewellery” product that I had bought [...]

I never bought into the margarine-instead-of-butter movement. Butter has taste and one doesn’t have to spread it too thick. And I will never stop having butter on freshly baked bread! However, I am always considering how I can cut saturated fat intake while maintaining taste!
Here is one way [...]