Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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May is the month of several National month topics that overlap: National Month of Family, National Month of Children and National Wellness Month, not to mention that special day for mothers, Mother's Day. For this article, Mother's Day is being presented as the umbrella day with the other three topics as concepts that intertwine with the established social understanding of what Mother's Day embodies. Family When family gathers together with Mom at meals, it matters not if the reason is...
At the beginning of every year, many people make New Year's resolutions pertaining to health, eating habits, losing weight and exercise, but few stick with it long enough to reach the finish line. In addition to New Year's resolutions, this month is known for: National Folic Acid Awareness Week, National Thyroid Awareness Month, Glaucoma Awareness and Cervical Health Awareness. Ironically, folic acid, the thyroid, glaucoma, and cervical health have something in common. Folic acid is a form of a...
Why stress levels rise with the start of the Holiday Season Several things contribute to the rise in stress levels during the holiday season. The number of hours we experience daylight shortens and it gets dark earlier. In general, earing habits worsen with less fresh fruits and vegetables being consumed resulting in hormonal changes. We are also sleeping less and drinking more which also adversely changes the chemicals in your body. These unbalancing hormonal and chemical changes shortens your...
Football season begins! High School Football ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both the United States and Canada. It began in the late 19th century, concurrent with the start of many college football programs. American football stands out as the only major autumnal sport. Why is football played in the fall? Football established itself as an autumn sport to avoid competition with baseball which traditionally has been known as the number one American sport in the country....
Celebrate Mothers with food and family Do you know how Mother's Day started and how we have now veered away from its original intent? If you do, great, if not, keep reading. Mother's Day preceded the Civil War and was started as "Mother's Day Work Clubs" to teach local women how to properly care for their children. After the Civil War, mothers gathered with former Union and Confederate soldiers to promote reconciliation under the name of "Mothers' Friendship Day". In 1873, a push was made for a...
Celebrating with food and loved ones: We visualize the month of February with pictures of hearts, roses and people displaying love and affection for one another. We go out to dinner eating various foods and most definitely chocolate, but how many of us stop to think that February is National Heart Healthy Month. Foods for your healthy Heart: Magnesium has been shown to be one of the most important minerals for your heart as it affects the ability of blood vessels to dilate and relax. Potassium i...
Since her pre-teen years, Charmène Vega has been cooking and preparing meals from scratch without formal recipes. Her mother, a hematologist, and her father, a businessman, expected her to have meals prepared from scratch when they arrived home from work. Her mother would call her from work providing her with instructions allowing enough time between calls for the next step. The meals by today's standards would be considered gourmet; definitely not fast food. Some of the dishes were:...
Celebrating with Food and Family: It is that time of year again when we begin celebrating with food, friends, family members and co-workers. For most of us, food plays a major part in celebrating these holidays. As Americans become more health conscious, many of us now attempt to eat healthy foods that satisfy our taste buds while satiating our cells. Food can be both healthy and tasty at the same time. Try our new "Mama Vega Tehachapi Apple Butter" and you'll see exactly what we mean – a...
