Message from the Director - Mary McCluskey - 3/03/08

The March issue of Cooking Light has an article on brain health.  It provides some interesting information on staying mentally fit.  Some ideas gleaned from the article: 

• Get sleep and reduce stress.
• Exercise regularly.  Your brain needs the increased blood flow too!
• Challenge yourself.  Learn something new - anything!  Music, movement, language, you name it, it's good for your brain!
• Eat fish.
• Get your B vitamins (and of course better nutrition overall is better for your brain.)

Now some little additional tidbits of interest:  Your brain weighs about 3 pounds.  A strong sense of smell is linked to strong mental function.  Optimism may help preserve memory.  And here is my very favorite:  Eating chocolate may be good for your mental health!!

Look for us at Spring Fest, a free community event at Hamilton High School in Sussex, Saturday, March 8th, 2008.  This event with about 100 interactive booths will showcase the variety of businesses and organizations in northern Waukesha County with entertainment, demonstrations and food.  It's from 10:00a.m. to 3:00p.m.  WSMT will be there providing free postural analysis to the public.  Come out and find out why your body aches! 

And this is a little gift to you today.  One of my beautiful daffodils blooming in my living room.  I started this pot full in October, pretty much forgot about it in the refrigerator until February and I'm enjoying it now.  Want to know how to force bulbs?  I'll write it up in October so you can do it too.  My tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths are spectacular this year!  Having these beauties in the dead of winter helps me get through it.