Please go to my website and read what Billy Young wrote about his youth, the death of his mother, and the future of the Ann Young Wild Bird Refuge. Please leave a comment there or e-mail him if you are so inspired. Billy's Letter

How have you been feeling? Tired and run down?  Lack of energy? Whole draw full nutritional products? Another full of prescripiions? Well isnt it time you started treating your body the way it was ment to be. Try customized nutrition it might change...

Happy Birthday to Katy, one super granddaughter.  A special young lady that is loved very much. Grandpa Al & Judy

Breast cancer rare but possible in young women: At 28, Dina Melendez thought about adding a second child, not losing a breast. Don't worry, the doctor told her. Most lumps are nothing. Breast cancer, no. She was far too young. What the...

While I was having breakfast the other day, it occurred to me, with a thud, that I am, in fact, a cougar.  Everyone knows that an actual cougar is a solitary feline who preys on tender, young animals wherever it can find them.  In today’s...

“She’s Getting So Thin… What Can I Do?”               You’re worried about your daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, friend, neighbor, or friend of a...

The Two Sister Study is Underway! The “Two Sister Study,” an offshoot of the Sister Study, will focus on young-onset breast cancer. Although breast cancer is uncommon below age 50, women who develop the disease at a young age can tell us a...

wikiHow, is a great place to learn how to do most anything that anyone wants to learn about or do.I have been the oldest, as well as top contributor on wikiHow for over two years now.wikiHow's main  contributors range from the young teens to the...

In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Her trip started out memorably when she came face-to-face with the son of a famous painter, and she even...

“She’s Getting So Thin… What Can I Do?”...

 I am writing as a fan of Rock & Roll's most underrated band The Byrds. This was a band who emerged from the dust of the beat poet scene from the late 1950's to the early 1960's. A few like Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Barry McGuire, Gene Clark...

In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Her trip started out memorably when she came face-to-face with the son of a famous painter, and she even was...

        Oh, how things can change.  Maybe it’s all in my head but I am noticing a dramatic shift in parent/child conflict lately.  It used to be that I would work with teenage guys and their big issue...

O.K. – So here’s the deal.  My husband and I took our 11 year old son out for a quick bite to eat tonight at a favorite local restaurant.  Our son is tall and thin and looks much older that his 11 years.  The hostess at the...

When the Act 3 saga ended, I had returned from war to my friends and family. While I was away, my parents had moved from Catalina to a little town called Hemet, Ca.. Several months later, after spending time working on Catalina Island, I moved to Hemet....

I started writing LEAP because I wanted to learn what it feels like to do the next years well. People at this age tend to fall into three groups: those who are being forced out of their work and feel like Willy Loman, desperately trying to stay in the...

By Aaron Welch, LMHC, NCCTheyyyyyyy’re baaaaaaaack!Yes, you thought you had done your part. You deceived yourself into thinking that you had already lived through those adolescent years with your son. You really believed that he had spread his wings...

Terschelling, Netherlands, June 1964 She was skipping the rope that, on the other end, was tight up on the stoop bench, while she stood across the street and my friend was jumping. She had been jumping for such a long time, she started to pant....

In September 1957, Jack Kerouac's most famous book, "On the Road," made him a national sensation. Fans of his work might imagine him living in cultural bastions such as San Francisco's North Beach or Greenwich Village in New York City. In truth,...

  Parenting Launch Sequence Managing the change of letting go of children so they can launch into a successful life as young adults   By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life Coach...

As young people prepare for high school graduations around the country (my own daughter included) I thought it would be cool (do they say that word anymore?) to come up with a Top Ten List of Baby Boomer Graduation Songs.  These are the songs my...

Before I sat down to write this, I had to remember where I left my reading glasses… When I was 23, a 33 year old woman had the hots for me. She was a cutie. A friend of mine played bass in a band and her brother was the drummer. He kept telling...

Ann Young died. And if you listen very close you can tell. Songbirds aren't singing quite as sweet.  She was the best friend wild birds ever had. Thousands owe her their lives. Thousands more won't survive now that she's gone.  She...

Cowboys & Indians Phyllis_Young-WARN_founder.jpg Washington, D.C. 19DEC2007 Lakota Sioux Indian Freedom Delegation Declare Sovereign Nation Status A press release issued today by the Lakota Freedom Delegation, made up of Russell Means,...

Cowboys & Indians Phyllis_Young-WARN_founder.jpg Washington, D.C. 19DEC2007 Lakota Sioux Indian Freedom Delegation Declare Sovereign Nation Status A press release issued today by the Lakota Freedom Delegation, made up of Russell Means,...

Cowboys & Indians Phyllis_Young-WARN_founder.jpg Washington, D.C. 19DEC2007 Lakota Sioux Indian Freedom Delegation Declare Sovereign Nation Status A press release issued today by the Lakota Freedom Delegation, made up of Russell Means,...