All that Jazz: 2010 Pet of the Year inspires a healthy dose of happiness
When Lia Bellomy was 5 years old, her family decided they were ready for a dog. Not just any pooch would do, though. Lia had a skin condition that could be aggravated by environmental allergens like pet dander. After careful consideration, the family settled on a standard poodle, one of a handful of hypoallergenic breeds. Lia planned to call the new puppy Jasmine. There was just one problem. More »

Roadside reboot: Simple stretches get you from here to there
You've worked hard all year long, and now it's time to pack everyone into the family truckster for some much needed vacation time. If for you, like many Americans, vacationing equals lots of time on the road, you need to take the proper steps to make sure that your vacation isn't more stressful for your body than working.

Occupational therapist and yoga instructor Erin Phillips has some tips for those folks who will be seeing lots of... More »

Let us eat! Farmers find a leafy niche
The farmer dips his tongs into tub after tub of lettuce, retrieving bunches of picked-this-morning leaves. Red tinges some of the leaves. Others are dark green and curly at the edges. The farmers' market customers "ooh" and "aah" over the colors and textures. Clearly, this isn't the stuff that goes into bagged salads at the supermarket.

This is Let Us Farm, the cleverly named, local lettuce business created by Randy and Lee... More »

Waterway Cleanup:Xstream volunteers can chip in to haul out debris
Many hands make light work, as the saying goes, and nowhere is that more evident than the annual Xstream Cleanup in the Quad-Cities, to be held this year on Aug. 14.

I was among last year's 3,204 hands -- or 1,602 volunteers -- which picked up and pulled out a whopping184,271 pounds of debris from area waterways and illegal dumping sites at 45 locations across the area.

According to Xstream organizers, we worked4,852.25 hours and... More »

Hands-on healing: For some, rolfing offers relief from chronic pain
Chronic pain had plagued Laura Gsell for 10 years. Since contracting lyme disease from a deer tick in her garden, the Davenport resident has gone from doctor to doctor looking for relief, before finding one in Minnesota willing and able to help her.
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