I had a dream this week. I dreamed that Dr. Anthony Fauci pushed Donald aside from his podium charade, looked the viewing public in the eye, and said: Stop listening to the media and politicians, get off your asses, change your diet, and stop whining about being a victim! We’re not coming to save you!… Continue reading We Can Save Us From Ourselves. COVID is Teaching Us How. Are We Listening?
Category: Health and Wellness
How Old Would You Be If You Didn’t Know How Old You Are?
I believe it was Satchel Paige that asked the question that is my article headline. You may have heard of (or remember) Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige, American Negro League pitcher who is notable for his longevity in the game. He became a Hall of Famer, died in 1982 at age 76, and was known for… Continue reading How Old Would You Be If You Didn’t Know How Old You Are?
There’s a Longevity Revolution Brewing. Are You Going to Be Part of It?
Do you get the impression that millennials still don’t seem to like us so much, we COVID-susceptible, creaky, white-haired relics? The “OK Boomer” wave seems to have fizzled but there is still a bubbling resentment. No better demonstration of that than the virus-flaunting that’s taking place by the youngers at bars and beaches. I… Continue reading There’s a Longevity Revolution Brewing. Are You Going to Be Part of It?
Sixty-years-old or about to be? Here Are Some Experience-based Suggestions for the Path Ahead.
As a 78-year-old I’ve been there and done the 60-year-old thing. The experiences and decisions of my late 50s and early 60s played a big role in developing the roadmap I’m navigating for the rest of my life. I’m dedicated to sharing this experience in hopes that what I’ve learned will help others at this… Continue reading Sixty-years-old or about to be? Here Are Some Experience-based Suggestions for the Path Ahead.
Is COVID a Cataclysm? Or a Catalyst? I’m Going With the Latter
How’s your whiplash going? Mine sucks!! I’m coming off a bad week. Actually, two weeks of funk. Last week was the first time in over two years that I missed a Monday 5 p.m. blog post. Couldn’t do it. The draft that I ran by my first-level “copyeditor” (my roommate of 49 1/2… Continue reading Is COVID a Cataclysm? Or a Catalyst? I’m Going With the Latter
Your Bucket List Just Got Blown Up – Now What?
2020 COVID-19 bucket-list revision: Daughter’s country club wedding Backyard, limit to 20 guests, buy masks, cancel caterer, saved $45K. Bahama/Mediterranean cruise Vision of floating petri-dish won’t go away – cancel, try to recover deposit. Early retirement Hmmm – maybe these non- or semi-retirement heretics are on to something. Buy some books. Find therapist to… Continue reading Your Bucket List Just Got Blown Up – Now What?
OK, you’re over 60 – what do you know now that you’d like to tell your 40-year-old self?
Recently, a questioner on Quora.com asked me to answer this question: “For people 55 and older, what would you tell your 40-year-old self? What do you wish you knew then that you know now.” I’m deep into the demographic so I took a shot at it. I found it hard to keep it short. So,… Continue reading OK, you’re over 60 – what do you know now that you’d like to tell your 40-year-old self?
Change Your Four-letter-word Selection to Get Through This Mess
I’m watching more movies these days than ever. I suspect you are too. We’ve never been movie-goers/watchers. Watching a half-dozen movies a year is a busy year for us. I’ve watched more than that just this month. End-of-day, late-night surfing the wasteland of HBO/Showtime/Epix, etc. and settling on one from the endless selection of mind-numbers.… Continue reading Change Your Four-letter-word Selection to Get Through This Mess
The Only Sensible COVID-19 Solution – We Gotta Get Sick!!
Aren’t we all wishing for a clear, sane voice in this COVID-19 wilderness? I hope you’ve given up on trying to find it on either Fox News or MSNBC or CNN (or the Comedy Channel which I consider an upgrade from the aforementioned). I’m thinking answers are somewhere other than Trump news conferences and the… Continue reading The Only Sensible COVID-19 Solution – We Gotta Get Sick!!
Wait! Don’t Open That Restaurant! We’re Getting Healthier. Well, maybe.
“The mythology of nutrition is immense and confounded by culturally acquired eating habits and prejudices. For our hunter-gatherer ancestors, nutritional supply and mobility were tightly linked. Today we have uncoupled this relationship.” That’s a quote from one of my favorite virtual health and wellness mentors, Dr. Walter Bortz, retired Stanford geriatric physician. At 89, he… Continue reading Wait! Don’t Open That Restaurant! We’re Getting Healthier. Well, maybe.