Heal your soul in nature A research article published in the journal Psychological Science compared a group of people walking in nature for 50 minutes with a group walking down a building lined city street. Mental skills were tested and compared. What was found is that those who walked in nature improved their short term memory by 20%. Those who walked down the city street had no improvement. They discovered that nature boosts the memory and concentration and has the same eff

I grew up with my grandmother telling me stories about her father. He was a physician and surgeon in the early 1900's. She told many stories about healing with herbs. One story in particular has always stayed with me. My dad (her son) was an animal lover and he was always bringing an animal home for her to heal. One day he brought in a little dog, I think her name was Mitzie. The poor dog had a badly injured leg, the wound was gaping open and very deep. Grandma told Dad that