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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 […]

WHY DETAILS MATTER FOR CITY AND SCIENCE

Details matter as much to nature boy as they do city boy, but they’ll still fight you about it. Let’s leave it to plant biologists to break it down, to explain the details of plant life, because isn’t that how we envision nature? Plants? Then listen to an urban planner share the details of city […]

DAD ANALYSIS: DO IT LIKE THIS NOT LIKE THAT

Dad analysis needs to be a new science aimed directly at them. Like all science new and old, it will need data to back up wild claims. On Father’s Day, the claim is Greatest Dad Ever. How many can there really be? What is the criteria?

GREEN WINDOWS IN EVERY WALL TO BREATH EASY

Green windows, or greenery out every window, means one thing: You’re in Oregon. Maybe you’ve heard of Oregon from someone who visited the state in the summer and raved about how green it was. Or you live here and understand what all the green is about. What’s it about? Since trees leak oxygen, it’s about […]

HONOR SYSTEM? HOLD THE HONOR

The problem with the ‘honor system’ is the definition. From merriam-webster.com: : a system (as at a college) whereby persons are trusted to abide by the regulations (as for a code of conduct) without supervision or surveillance The idea of honor doesn’t work when people who know better decide to ditch honor for the definition spit […]

BETTER LIVING: WHAT TO ADD, WHAT TO SUBTRACT

Better living asks one question: Better than what? Answer that and you’ll feel better immediately, if not sooner. Too often the answer is, “Better than the people I don’t like.” But, that’s the wrong answer. So is, “I want to live better than the people who don’t like me.” In both answers, the numbers are […]

SPORTS EDUCATION STARTS WITH KNOWING YOUR TEAM

Sports education with Raider Coach Tom Fores started in middle school at a parent teacher conference. I was the parent, the teacher was Miss Flores, my kid’s teacher. She was whip smart and knew how to reach her students in ways other teachers couldn’t. As a science teacher, she had an advantage. The night of […]

DEEP BREATHING EXERCISE FOR A CALM DAY

Deep breathing, voluntary deep breathing, is different than catching your breath. One is a physical necessity, the other is aimed toward mental health. ‘Breathing and mental health? Oh come on, give me a break.’ Sure, here’s a break: Hold your breath as long as you can, then a little longer. Still holding? Good. Don’t look […]

GAINING SELF RELIANCE STARTS WITH GOOD TEACHERS

Self reliance feels like the best goal to aim for, but how do you get there? We all start from the opposite end, as little babies depending on others to lead the way. Those common beginnings fade away in the self reliant types we look up to because they do everything so well. We forget […]

NO MAM: NO MARCH AGAINST MASKS

‘No Mam’ was my first thought watching people march against masks. Young and old alike ignored mask science on their journey to stupid. No mask for them is the conclusion of their mask debate. I’m a fan of exercise, walking it out, lifting weights, but an anti-science march? No Mam. I asked WebMD for clarification.