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NoMiWoman interviewed Denice Weeks, President of Horse North Rescue. What’s the greatest impact Horse North Rescue drives across Northern Michigan? One of our largest goals is simply education. We try to emphasize if you see something wrong, report it to the proper agencies, animal control or HNR. We know how to help horses in need, …
“Last Snow” by Gail Wallace Bozzano …Zoe remembers her father in flashes. She remembers riding high on his shoulders, her fingers buried in his soft springy hair, a deep mahogany brown sprinkled with white. Charles loved snow, used to take her sledding in the park near their house. They had an old-fashioned runner sled and he’d …
“I’ve gone from speaking at conferences to holding an alpaca’s head as we struggle through a difficult birth. My Egyptian cotton sheets are now used for alpaca births. At the end of each day, my feet are dirty and my hair smells of the alpacas I loved on. I’ve packed up my business suits and …
by Abagail McKiernan “I asked a few of my favorite women leading various lives — from being a single mom to a female entrepreneur to married with kids and a career — what multi-tasking pressures and titles weighed most heavily on them. Three of the women I asked this question to immediately fought back tears …
Medicine, Movement and Mindfulness by Dr. Tina Metropoulous Breathing in, I reach up to the sky; breathing out I reach down to the earth. I feel the pull of tight muscles, and try to release and relax into a forward folding pose. As I begin my practice my mind is busy. I think of the things …
As August moves along way too fast, we are happy to see the support from this strong community of women. Our stats show huge readership – we exceeded our goal and it continues to grow! We’ve had over 35,000 pageviews for our first issue. Each page is averaging nearly 1,000 views with an average time …
Karyn Stoops is a certified home stager and interior stylist with Chic Home Staging & Design. She’s shares tips for making your home a haven: ADD FABRIC: A way to incorporate texture and pattern is with the textiles throughout your home. Whether you find a new hand towel, throw pillows or bedding, fabrics are an …
Each and every time I am out on the Muskegon River, I can feel the weight of my disease lessen. The weight of 20 years of achy, swollen and now deformed joints. The weight of 20 years of debilitating, can’t-even-lift-your-head-off-the-pillow fatigue. The weight of 20 years of pain — the type of pain that reaches …
ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO DREAM A NEW DREAM” After a discussion with my doctor about the rigors of 31 years to my back, wrists and shoulders, I began to think; maybe it’s time for something else. Shortly after that, my son gifted me with a paperweight inscribed, “It’s never too late to dream a …
Our homes have always been a place where we feel comfortable. During the past year, our homes may have been the only place we felt comfortable. A life-threatening virus, stay-at-home orders, socially distancing, wearing masks, sanitization protocols, political unrest, non-stop news reporting and more produced a lot of trauma and anxiety and it changed the …