My Health Adventure
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RFK Jr – A wise choice to run DHHS?
I am baffled by the news that president elect Trump has put forth Robert F Kennedy Jr as his pick for the head of the Department of Health and Human Services. This department of the US Government oversees the insurance industry, public health, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and NIH (National Institute…
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Cool art, #1
This is an oil on canvas at the National Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian. It is called, “Joshua Commanding the sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon.” The artist is John Martin. I find art an amazing medium to help with stress reduction. The reasons seem obvious to me: you have to sit still and…
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Most underrated national park…
There are a lot of national parks, and the top 5 get the lion’s share of attention. Everyone knows about Yellowstone, Yosemite and the Grand Canyon. These are iconic parks, that are matchless in their unique natural settings and huge yearly attendance. The Great Smoky Mountains have more visitors by far than any other national…
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Vaccinate this fall…
This year, there are three problematic viruses to be concerned about. Over the last few decades, these three viruses have produced countless days of suffering, and so many deaths. To name them, there is influenza, Covid, and RSV. At the same time, very effective vaccinations have been developed that decrease the chances of having significant…
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Breakfast bonanza
What food would you say is your specialty? For years, I have owned morning feeding. As a dad, this was my territory early in the morning when the kids arose for school, and more elaboratively on the weekend. Eggs were a great source of long lasting energy for the school bound. Even when I was…
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Channel Islands National Park
Fall vacation time is when my bucket list is just overflowing. Too many good ideas, and not enough time to fit them all in. We decided a ways back to take a trip to Disneyland with my brother-in-law and his 5 and 8 year old girls, both in the prime theme park demographic. Of course,…
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Writing
Trying something for the first time… I just finished reading an old book called Bird by Bird by Anne Lemont. I didn’t realize that it was written way back in the ’90’s, about the same time that I thought that maybe I could be a writer. I had this old desk top computer and my…
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Poisoning of America
Did you know that multiple herbicides, pesticides, and poisons currently in use in the United States are banned in most of the developed world due to KNOWN neurotoxicity. “The U.S. EPA continues to allow use of 85 pesticides for outdoor agricultural applications that are banned or in the process of being completely phased out elsewhere,…
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Constance Pass: A perfect Labor Day adventure
The weather report was too good to be true. No systems rolling through, clear skies and sunshine. I had preplanned a different backpacking trip, but I decided it was one that needed a buddy to accomplish, and I was going solo this time. I could leave at noon on Friday, and so out came the…
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