He was feeling fit and strong, sleeping and eating well, and it was a routine medical examination. He didn’t know the physician, and she was young. He hadn’t undergone many tests in a few years, so when she ticked off the lab work that is standard at his age, he said “sure” and that was […]
Midlife Mix-Master: Overwhelmed, Underwhelmed, and Worried Sick
When midlife begins to grind you up and spit you out…
The Testosterone Tumble
Here’s a provocative piece of news that came out earlier this week and gives me pause – and not applause. Apparently, testosterone plunges in men who actively exercise Daddy duties. Say what? The New York Times offers its interpretation of this (disturbing?) data on maleness and fatherhood, and a “politically correct” spin which I find […]
Missing Moguls, Tales of Taxes, Staggering Statistics
This one caught my eye the other evening – the reappearance of former Computerland CEO William Millard, and the apparent cat-and-mouse game to hunt him down and collect some $100 million in taxes. I’m not entirely sure why these mysteries fascinate me, though certainly the larger-than-life personalities have much to do with it, including the […]
Pausing At The Light
It takes planning, and a willingness to run the risk of inconvenience if the traffic patterns are off, or my back starts acting up. But a trip to the Farmer’s Market for all that food, glorious food? For the sensual pleasure of an abundance of organically raised produce, not to mention grass-fed beef and wild-caught […]
Rambunctious Recipes for a Wild Weekend
Who doesn’t love food? (No one I know.) It’s the weekend – and a long one at that. So in the interest of a few hours of je ne sais quoi — reading Harper’s Bazaar? Pablo Neruda? Marguerite Duras, preferably au lit? — how about some rambunctious recipes (on a budget) for powering through the Labor […]
The Gift
The gift of healing touch from a stranger.
Does Watching Television Shorten Your Life?
Don’t you just love the tidbits you pick up through social media? I couldn’t resist reading this one last evening – an article on how television shortens our life span. Except of course, it isn’t that TV shortens your life span. There is no causation to that effect; it’s the association – a connection or […]
It’s Raining Men (Older Men)
More men? More older men? Apparently the traditional age gap is closing. Men are living longer. Isn’t this good news for all of us? All the business of caring for an aging population aside – health care, insurance, pharmaceuticals, retirement communities, financial planning – what could this mean for American society? For our beleaguered employment […]
The Beauty of Boredom
Boredom… Not necessarily bad, and quite possibly healthy.