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LIFESTYLE CHANGES TO MAKE NOW

September 25, 2023 by

Lifestyle changes? Either you make them or they’re made for you. This picture shows a flat bench with 225 lbs on the rack. You won’t take this off the rack if you neglected to protect your shoulders with lots of warming up. What about surgically repaired joints, like the shoulder?

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SENIOR FEET: REINVENTING SHOE SALES

May 6, 2023 by

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?’

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NATURE WALK BEGINS WITH OPEN DOOR AND OPEN MIND

April 24, 2023 by

A nature walk is one small step for man, a giant step for whoever needs it. And, dear reader, we all need it. But there are hurdles and distractions to getting out. That’s where focus comes in. What’s the difference between a nature walk and exercise? Can it be both?

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GIVING UP AT THE RIGHT TIME

January 7, 2023 by

Giving up is the same as quitting? Or something more insidious? Quitting feels so final, like, “All done here.” Giving up delivers a different message.

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DOG WALKING TO START A BETTER WORLD

October 26, 2022 by

Dog walking for a ‘better world’ sounds pretty good. But what’s a better world? Let’s start with a cleaner world.

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HOME STATE HIP REPORT THREE WEEKS OUT

May 3, 2022 by

My home state is Oregon, the block that separates Washington from California over there on the left coast map of America. If it was South America we’d all be Chile, but that’s not how it worked out. Oregon has been good to me, which I suppose everyone says about where they live. Portland, Oregon used […]

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BEACH WALK DOWN 2022

January 23, 2022 by

Bad weather never ruins a beach walk. If you ‘go to the beach’ you’re walking that beach no matter what. That’s where the life cycles of waves and tides realign our internal rhythms, reset our internal clocks. Even if it’s cold and wet. And it’s not a difficult route to follow: Walk up the beach, […]

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DAILY WALK CLEARS THE MIND? “PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS? A FRANC?”

January 22, 2022 by

A daily walk in Paris is different than a walk in Tigard, Oregon. This man is walking toward the Invalides. The Pont Alexandre III bridge is behind him and connects the Invalides on the Left Bank to the Grand Palais and Petit Palais museums on the Right Bank. I saw him and thought, ‘This is […]

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WALKING THE WALK LIKE YOU MEAN IT, THEN TALK THE TALK

April 30, 2020 by

Walking the walk? I’ve heard it, so have you, but what’s it really mean? Really? It seems so obvious, but not when you hear people talk the talk without walking the walk. How can we tell the difference?

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Walking Portland Memory Lane One Alley At A Time

November 6, 2017 by

As much as you hear about people moving to Portland, loving Portland once they get here, it’ll never be their home until they’re walking Portland on memory lane.   Like, “This is where I used to play basketball, where I got beat by a five foot six opponent,” didn’t ring up the oooos and ahs […]

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