A Crash Course in Aikido: Living a Healthy, Memorable Life with Martial Arts

Most of us don’t start thinking about health and longevity until an unexpected death occurs. Fortunately, we don’t have to … More

Laugh for Life: The Benefits of a Good Guffaw

  “A vegan and a Big Mac walk into a bar…”   I don’t know the punch line for that … More

Integrity and Grace: Lessons from the Cliffside

Devil’s Tower National Monument is a strange aberration, rising almost 1300 feet above the surrounding prairie. It’s a sacred place … More

How to Eat Potatoes: The Stonebridge Farm Method (A Photo Essay)

 

What Fear Teaches: Lessons from the Cliffside

I remember a day in a Colorado canyon, on the side of a 750-foot cliff. I had taken a less … More

Learn to Knit! It’s Easier Than You Might Think

“You have to decide what kind of knitter you want to be,” counsels Angela F. Thomas, while sitting in my … More

How to Juice Your Way to Good Health

Do I have what it takes to change your lifestyle? First thing I gotta tell you about juicing is that … More

Start a New Hobby Today! Three Hobbies with High Returns and Low Investments

There are many reasons to start a new hobby. The possibilities are endless, but I’ll make several suggestions and even … More

One Liter and Climbing: Loving Ourselves from the Inside Out

  As I age, it becomes increasingly clear that self-love is the single best way to weather the seasons and … More

My Battle with Fibroids, Part II: A Look at Procedures and Options

For the record, a fibroid is a benign tumor. Don’t ask me to define benign; fibroids are not benign to … More