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THANK A VETERAN, THEN BRACE YOURSELF

Everybody knows you can’t thank a veteran without a veteran story in return, so: I served in the medical community doing pre-physical work ups on my civil service patients in South Philadelphia. It was a remote clinic administered from the Army hospital in Fort Dix, New Jersey although there was a Navy hospital just up […]

EXTREME FITNESS IN EXTREME WEATHER

Extreme fitness begins early. And it’s not difficult. Just get up early. Except in extreme weather, like the prolonged heat wave Arizona lives and works in, you can’t get up early enough. Open a morning door is like standing behind a car exhaust pipe.

SENIOR FEET: REINVENTING SHOE SALES

My senior feet are on a mission: long walks over rugged trails. Call it hiking if you must, but ‘long walk’ works too. Hiking has intent. My intention is breaking a good sweat out in parts of nature that need particular shoes. Maybe ‘hiking boots?’

JOCK TALK INTERPRETED FOR NON-JOCKS

Jock Talk: “Once you’ve been in the greatest shape of your life that’s the fitness standard you strive for.” Do you see the problem here? There’s two of them. The first is establishing what constitutes being in the greatest shape of your life. Was it an event? A time-span? Both?

WRITE SOMETHING WORTH READING, DO SOMETHING WORTH WRITING ABOUT

‘Write something’ is the alarm clock for every writer, Daylight Savings Time or not. What that ‘something’ might be? That’s the challenge. Everyone who has taken an English class, had an English segment, or passed a love note, has done it. But not you? Here’s my favorite writing lash:

SEVEN SUMMITS OF BULL MOUNTAIN

Seven summits mean one thing to mountain climbers: They’ve gone all the way and can’t get much higher. The rest of us can only dream of what it takes to climb and climb and climb again. But what if you have a mountain near by? How about a hill?

MOVE AROUND FOR A BETTER VIEW

I move around the house from garage to kitchen and back. A door in between is a bathroom door, which is handy The kitchen has a refrigerator, but that’s not why I come in. I’ve got a fridge in the garage, too

HEALTH RECONCILIATION FOR THE COMEBACK WIN

What is health reconciliation but being able to look in the mirror and acknowledge who is looking back? If it sounds easy, then you’ve never been down the dark road of reconciliation, health or otherwise. The important thing is finding peace along the way. You may get better, you may not, but health reconciliation settles […]

THANK A VETERAN, THEN BRACE YOURSELF

EXTREME FITNESS IN EXTREME WEATHER

GOOD READERS 2023 TOP TEN POSTS, SO FAR

SENIOR FEET: REINVENTING SHOE SALES

JOCK TALK INTERPRETED FOR NON-JOCKS

WRITE SOMETHING WORTH READING, DO SOMETHING WORTH WRITING ABOUT

SEVEN SUMMITS OF BULL MOUNTAIN

WEIGHT LOSS: DOES MY MAN MUU MUU MAKE ME LOOK FAT?

MOVE AROUND FOR A BETTER VIEW

HEALTH RECONCILIATION FOR THE COMEBACK WIN

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