My Health Adventure
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Frankenstein
For most of my life, I thought Frankenstein was the silly monster in the Abbott and Costello movies that I watched as reruns on TV as a kid. They would be on Sunday afternoon, and I would laugh and be scarred at the same time, thinking that he was just a monster that was for…
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Friday the 13th
My wife and I came up with the great idea to watch Friday the 13th on Friday the 13th. Both of us had distant memories of this movie from our childhood. I think I was 10 when it came out so way too young to have seen it, and given the conservative nature of my…
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Simplify your life
Is clutter the defining characteristic of our culture? If we were aliens investigating the archaeology dig known as earth far in the future, what would we make of the modern 21st century world? Hopefully, “Hoarders” will not be the sole media find, nor my garage… There is just a lot of pointless stuff out there.…
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Haleakula Silversword
On a visit to Maui just last week, I had the honor of seeing the most amazing plant ever. It only exists in the crater of Haleakula, which is the dormant volcano that dominates the east side of the island. The following is the great description on the national park website: https://www.nps.gov/hale/learn/nature/silversword.htm. “The silvery hairs,…
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Curiosity
What are you curious about? Curiosity seems to be a common theme lately, as I contemplate what it means to be an engaged human being. “A strong desire to know or learn something” (Oxford Dictionary) is the official definition. I realize that in my profession, part of what I am paid to accomplish is to…
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A sad day at the Louvre
I’ll never forget our trip as a family to Paris and the day we visited the Louvre back in July of 2017. The experience was overwhelming! So much art and wondrous architecture. This week though, I remembered specifically a walk through the Apollon Gallery and the pictures I took: Beauty can be fleeting. Bad players…
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Monument Valley
Few places have so inspired me and filled me with awe that I was left speechless. Monument Valley is now one of them. My daughter and I visited the last week of September, and took an awesome tour with a local guide. Here is a link to the campground we used which also has the…
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Sleep
The American culture has a hard time with sleep. In clinical practice, it literally is one of the top things I discuss with patients. The struggle is very real: folks have a hard time falling asleep, staying asleep, and then wake up too early. Different factors affect sleep in significant ways: stress, bad habits, relational…
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