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?
COVID Message: “No More Parking Lots!”
Image by xaviandrew from Pixabay “We have bigger houses but smaller families; more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicines but less healthiness. We’ve been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble in crossing the street to meet… Continue reading COVID Message: “No More Parking Lots!”
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!!
So, You’re Over 60 and COVID Sucker-punched. Now What?
We’re alike right now, I’m guessing. Lots of time to think. Thinking like we’ve never had to think before. Maybe even thinking about our thinking. What now? What if? What’s next? Can things possibly ever be the same again? (Can we say a collective “no” on that?) There are some who say that this is… Continue reading So, You’re Over 60 and COVID Sucker-punched. Now What?
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.
Three things a person should avoid once they are past 70 years old. P.S. I’m on the list
I’m being a bit lazy this week. Actually, that’s not true. I just seem to hit a wall on coming up with something that I felt you fine folks would pay even a hint of attention to. So, I’m cheating and republishing a post that I put out on Quora.com a few weeks ago. It… Continue reading Three things a person should avoid once they are past 70 years old. P.S. I’m on the list
You May Be Ignoring Your Best COVID-19 Defense. Our “Leaders” Certainly Are!
I don’t get it. In all of the recommendations we are getting to avoid contracting COVID-19, have you ever heard one utterance suggesting consideration of “immune system competence?” You know, like, putting your body in the best position to ward it off naturally before it can get a foothold. I watch more Fox News and… Continue reading You May Be Ignoring Your Best COVID-19 Defense. Our “Leaders” Certainly Are!
The Okinawa Diet – and Living to 100
Some time ago – April 30, 2018 – I introduced readers to Dr. Michael Greger, American physician, author, and professional speaker on public health issues. Dr. Greger is a clinical nutritionist. I’ve been following him for several years by subscribing to his NutritionFacts.org blog. As a very vocal critic of our food industry and our… Continue reading The Okinawa Diet – and Living to 100
Don’t Let Yourself Become a Senior Citizen. There’s a Better Alternative.
There’s been a rush of questions on Quora.com lately about when someone becomes a “senior citizen.” Is it when you are 60? 70? 80? 90? I don’t like the moniker. Or most monikers tagged to those of us beyond mid-life. So I fired off an answer to one of the posted questions and decided I’d… Continue reading Don’t Let Yourself Become a Senior Citizen. There’s a Better Alternative.
