I’m working on a piece about distractions after nearly being hit by a guy in a car on a cellphone earlier this week. As an introduction of sorts, I’ve been taking advantage of some nice Ohio Novem...

I read one of Dr Ornish’s books last year when I was doing a lot of research on how to manage heart disease. One of the interesting facts about this condition is that it comes with built in risk fa...

I recently noticed that I have a three foot tall stack of workout books which I collected, and yes used, in my early 30’s. That was the time period I had been recording how much I lifted, ate, walk...

This was a lovely little something fresh to go with our Easter dinner yesterday. Great cheese, homemade bread, dessert with a humble story to come and, of course, a honey glazed spiral cut smoked h...

Update Thursday night. The learning process began early. And since this is truly a shakedown trial run before heading out to Washington, I’m grateful for the fact that I took some time off to ac...

Many years ago I dated an actor who taught me how to make a decent breakfast. While the romance ended when he ran off to do Summer Stock work, he left me with the thought that all of our relationsh...

There’s a lot of confusion about diet’s. There are 1000’s of different types of diets for weight loss, cross fit, running, ageless beauty, health and performance. Diets for heart disease are no exc...

So the office is having a chili cook-off. When I started looking around for recipes I had no idea that it had originated in Texas, according to the authors of the New Basics Cookbook. Of course, I ...

[Pre-Race] It’s a beautiful Sunday morning here in central Ohio. While getting ready for the Columbus 10k and enjoying coffee with the balcony doors wide open I am watching my kitten chirp at the ...

One source defines goal setting as “the process of identifying something that you want to accomplish and establishing measurable goals and time frames.” Looking back over 2016 I am thinking about f...