The Living is Healthy

Rarely does a day go by that Kirstie and Cannon Wadsworth do not get some exercise. The Fairmont couple likes to hike, bike, ski and kayak. And if the weather makes snow — even more than a foot of the white stuff — they just strap on some snowshoes and head out to do some trekking.

“We went out snowshoeing on Sunday on the Monongah rail-trail and really got a workout,” Kirstie said, referring to the day in December after a nor’easter dumped more than 12 inches of snow over the area. “With each step, we were picking up snow.”

Recipe for a modern kitchen

Dr. Michele Maouad had a happy Thanksgiving preparing the holiday dinner in her new kitchen.

“We had four women cooking and we couldn’t even feel it. Nobody was stepping on anyone’s shoes,” Maouad said. The Morgantown home’s large kitchen, designed by General Glass Center in Morgantown, has five feet of floor space between and around both islands.

Besides special occasions, Maouad loves to cook when she’s not working at her medical practice, Dermatology Center for Skin Health. On weekends, she bakes with her three children. They especially like to make ka’ak, anise-flavored cookies resembling doughnuts that are part of her Lebanese heritage.

Fred Wynat: Still going strong at 75

The knit cap comes off easily as he sits on a folding chair in the promenade of the Coliseum, and Fred Wyant displays the closely cropped crew cut that he’s worn ever since he can remember, and he remembers almost everything.

The hairline has receded some, but not enough to make you look twice and if the color is now gray, it is far more distinguished than a sign of advancing years.