Author: Sarra Cannon

Sometimes I think that ideas, feelings, experiences, emotions… all of these things need time to marinate. Whatever you are going through right now will never appear completely clearly to you, but it always seems that what you went through six months ago or sometimes 5 years ago looks so much simpler or easier to figure out now that it’s all over. Things that seem monumental at the time might seem completely trivial in the morning light. I keep trying to think of a quote I once heard about an author who said it took moving Paris in order to write…

Do you ever wonder why scientists and doctors invest so much time and money on studies that tell us… exactly what we already knew? CNN.com is reporting about a recent study that shows “Big Belly could carry bigger dimentia risk”. The article is basically about how doctors have been conducting a study over the past 30+ years to see if having a fat belly leads to health problems. DUH! Why don’t they just post one giant study that says: STUDY SHOWS THAT ABUSING YOUR BODY MAY LEAD TO HEALTH PROBLEMS. That should about cover it.

In our quest for weight loss, we often reach what weight watchers calls a “Plateau”. That means that for weeks on end, you stay the same exact weight. This is, as you can imagine, quite frustrating for anyone who is just saying NO! to all the Krispy Kremes and other tempting chocolates and breads in order to lose weight. Or, in fact, working out an hour a day. You would think that making all of that effort is bound to lead to weight loss, right? So what do you do when it isn’t working? I guess you have to step…

Do you ever wonder if there are signs directing us in life? Just like road signs that tell us when to stop, yield, speed up or slow down, maybe the universe sends us signs that tell us which way to go in life. I don’t necessarily believe that we are pre-destined to certain actions, but I think that there is some kind of plan out there. It’s complicated in my head and a subject that I’ve always struggled with, but I do think that while we all have free choice, there are certain talents each of us have been given…

What is it about getting older that makes women want to cut their hair short? I have been thinking about this as I have noticed my hair getting longer and longer over the past few months. At this point, my hair is about 2 inches past my shoulders I would say. Since it is layered, it may actually be even longer than that in the very back. Most women I have known, however, opt for the shoulder-length or shorter haircuts after they turn 30, and then rarely let it grow out again. Why is that? I was thinking that it…

On Wednesday night, G and I went to a pizza place that we go to about once a week, and the manager, who recognized us, offered us a free pass to go see a screening of 21. I had seen a trailer of the movie and it is actually something I was interested in going to see. It’s a movie about an MIT student who has always dreamed of going to Harvard Medical School, but he doesn’t have the $300,000+ it will cost to go there. The kid is brilliant, but since he doesn’t “dazzle” on his application for a…