It was a beautiful spring day. Our teacher had taken the class outside during a break. The sunlight felt warm upon my skin and while the other children played, I chose to sit quietly against the playground fence. It was then I noticed the honeysuckle blooms. Oblivious to the other children, I entertained myself with Continue Reading
Longevity and Wellness
The Old Pine Tree
“Old buddy, we’re dinosaurs, you know,” he would often say. “When we’re gone, they won’t be making any more like us. So watch your back now, you hear?” These were the words I included in an epitaph for my old friend, survival expert Chris Janowsky, some years ago. To watch your back can mean a Continue Reading
Feeling Your Oats!
The big man stood with his back against the steel door, glaring at us. He blocked the only way out. My friend Eric and I were trapped in the kitchen. His ham-like hand pointed to the table, and in a demanding tone he commanded, “Nyt syoda!” Eric didn’t understand my grandfather’s order. His face paled. Continue Reading
The Breakfast of Champions
Many of you have asked about what I eat for breakfast. I recall that when I was a youngster, there was a cereal that advertised itself as “The Breakfast of Champions.” It used to feature well-known athletes on the box. Well, as a child, I certainly wanted to be like that. Of course, I didn’t Continue Reading
It Looks like Food, But…
“It looks like food, but…” has often been my reaction when I pick up a fruit or veggie out of season. Putting past objections and reactions out of mind, I remember really wanting a big, juicy slicing tomato last winter. I guess my imagination got the better of me. You know how we can allow Continue Reading
Can You Really Live to Be 240 Years Old?
In my dog-eared, highlighted, underlined, and autographed copy of The Immortal Cell by Dr. Michael West, he states, “Subsequent research showed that the aging of cells was linked to cell division, not time itself. In other words, the mere passage of time, or the normal machinery of life we call metabolism, did not move the hands of Continue Reading
My Top Three Longevity Herbs
The trail was pretty steep as I finished my climb to the fog-bound summit. When I looked over the edge, the river far below was obscured by cloud cover. I sat down to rest on this stone pinnacle scraping the sky as my mind wandered back in time. I envisioned the fabled “immortals” hidden away Continue Reading
Looking for That Perfect Relationship?
How many of us have been swept away by a good love story? You know, where the lovers overcome obstacle after obstacle to finally end up together, riding off into the sunset and living happily ever after? Oh, how I love those scenes. Yet how many of us truly grasp the reality of relationships? We Continue Reading
Can You Really Reverse Aging?
Obviously, the earth spins and orbits the sun. We mark time in days, months, seasons, and years. Now, ask yourself, has this natural progression ever aged anyone? Does ripping a calendar page off the wall wrinkle your skin? When we rationally think about it, there’s nothing toxic about time. So, why do we age? There Continue Reading
It’s What Connects the Mind with the Body
Article from Enlighten Next Magazine. There you are; the day is clear and crisp. You smell wood smoke from a chimney. You inhale deeply. Old forgotten memories flood your mind, and a movie of past events begins to play. What happened? Who turned on the power that altered reality and your perceptions? It was your Continue Reading
