Could Smiling Kill Germs?
Smiling changes your facial structure: face cheeks don’t sag, and your color perks up. You retain tone in your face, which means you are burning a few extra calories. A smile reduces your stress,...
Author: dempsey
Eyes, Balance, Movement
Balance at any age is an issue. As the years progress, and we don’t practice it, balance diminishes. Walking is balancing on one foot, then the other, step after step. Hiking involves balance, as...
A Little Spot of Paradise: Vanuatu
The doorbell rang. It was the mailman, with a package. “It’s my package from Vanatutu” (pronounced Van-a-tu-tu), I said. “Do you mean Vanuatu” (Van-u-a-tu), he replied. I was surprised that he knew the correct pronunciation, which...
How To Create Your Fabulous Myth
Each time I watch the movie, The Usual Suspects, I think I am going to finally figure out all the plots and characters. I never do. Who is Kaiser Sosay? Does he exist? Or is...
An Alien Signal in Your Knee
You manage to injure yourself: hurt your shoulder throwing a ball, tweak your knee walking down the stairs, sprain your ankle tripping over a curb. The injury heals, but the pain persists. What’s up...
5 Steps, 1 Reason: Aging Intelligently
An intelligent aging process begins when you decide it does. If you are not paying attention, don’t be surprised that you are not aging well. It isn’t luck, or genes, or living in a...
Still Going the Distance
Of all the things I have noticed about aging, endurance is the game changer. I don’t have the endurance that I did when I was younger: age 20, or even 40. This is most...
Why Smell is Important to Brain Function
A long time ago, even before I was born, smell was considered an important sense. It warned us of toxic berries on plants, poisons in food, rancidity of meat, and unpleasant people smells. We...
A little Bit of Everything Is Too Much
It’s Thanksgiving. Everyone brought a dish: sweet potatoes from Aunt Wilimenia, cranberry sauce from Sister Ethel, pecan pies with Texas pecans from Uncle Rupert. There is turkey, sage dressing, mashed potatoes, grilled Brussel sprouts,...
Ouch. Snap. Son of a ……..
You fall on your hip, bang your shoulder, or rounding a desk, gouge your thigh. It causes bruising and annoyance. Exceedingly bad words spew from your mouth. Your body recovers from you not paying...