Nancy Monson

12 tips to keep yourself healthy and entertained on a long-distance flight.

How to have pets in your life without committing to owning one.

Hate the idea of leaving your dog home when you go on vacation? This article reviews camps where you can pamper, hike, play and train with your dog.

There have never been more great programs to watch on TV — and the bills to watch them have never been higher. This article describes how to cut the cable cord and start live streaming.

This article describes the health benefits of probiotics.

Follow the Coastal Wine Trail from Connecticut through Rhode Island to Massachusetts.

Travel article on visiting The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC.

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Learn about the pros and cons of river cruising versus ocean cruising.

This slideshow describes how spas can help men relax and dial down their stress level.

As we age, posture, flexibility, and balance are critical to avoiding falls that can lead to fractures. “Men may have strength, but not flexibility, whereas women are likely to have more flexibility than strength,” says Ann Marie Provenzano, M.S., a Connecticut-based certified strength and conditioning specialist and exercise physiologist. Both can influence your posture and balance. A review of 159 trials with 79,153 older adults found that home-based exercises can reduce the risk of falling.

This article describes the relaxing drawing technique called Zentangle. The author is a Certified Zentangle Teacher.

This article is about reading glasses, which are now fashion statements as well as utilitarian, for Best Years Magazine.

Medical writer of this innovative Harvard consumer white paper on the connection between humans and dogs. Owning a dog can prompt you to be more physically active — have leash, will walk. It can also help you be calmer, more mindful, and more present in your life, make kids more active, secure, and responsible, improve the lives of older individuals, and make you feel more more social and less isolated.

Sailing the Rhine from Basel to Amsterdam with Viki...

Say OM: Compelling justifications for a pampered spa vacation