The bicycle is the most efficient form of transportation. We gathered with a group of friends to celebrate that fact and cycle through Tuscany hill towns and coastal roads last week. In the movie, Rocky Balboa, Rocky comes out of retirement to fight an exhibition match. How can he do that at his age, he […]
People are mixed. Some like exercise and want to pursue it. Some dislike it. Here’s more to like: The Mayo Clinic issued the following news release: Aerobic Exercise May Reduce the Risk of Dementia Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition’s progression once it starts, […]
In the early 1970s I got interested in long-distance running. The doctrine then was LSD, or long, slow distance. I got up to running a routine of four miles on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and eight miles on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. Some Saturdays I ran more, up to ten or twelve miles. I was […]
A woman in our neighborhood rides 13 miles to work. My wife learned she was staying on the east side of town where there are lots of foothills. “Why don’t you ride a bit further west where you’d avoid all the hills?” she asked. “Oh,” was the reply, “I like the hills.” Baby Boomers are […]
In the TV series, The Closer, Brenda Lee Johnson moves from Washington, D.C to head up a new group of detectives in the Los Angeles Police Department. Brenda Lee is an outsider and faces suspicion and hostility, but wins over her team by being a “closer,” someone who can get suspects to confess. She does […]
