It's Sunday morning, and Gayle and I arrive at church (in the same clothes) for a service filled with traditional hymns and a brief sermon about the spirit of community. There's been trouble in the colony surrounding the church requirement: One family resisted being forced to go and was verbally reprimanded by the minister—a punishment surely less harsh than a real settler would have received.
In 2004, Dave and Debbie Verdecia and their three children spent nearly four months living like it was 1628 for a PBS reality show called Colonial House. That meant no electricity, no running water and no technology. See how they're living today and find out the greatest lessons they learned on their adventure back in time with Oprah and Gayle.
Have you gone back to overeating, being a couch potato, smoking or whatever behavior you resolved to quit this year? Dr. Daniel Seidman helps you revolutionize your resolutions.