Autumn has officially arrived where I live, which has me in the mood to make something cozy for this cool weather. When this mood strikes, my mind immediately goes to crocheting. To me, crochet is an easier for a beginner to start with than knitting is. There's just one hook and some yarn in crochet, as opposed to knitting which is two needles and some yarn. When I was teaching myself to crochet, I already knew how to knit and found crochet to be so much quicker and easier. T

Dr. David Knapp said something many years ago that I think still holds true and also applies to healthy living: "The time is now at hand to direct past traditions of problem-solving toward a new focus. The basic mission of [Home Economics] is to improve the quality of life." I think that really paying attention to if we are living healthy lives (or paying attention to our quality of life) is often overlooked. Sure, most of us think that we are living a healthy life because we