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Summer Visions
The Curiousity Asset
“Curiousity killed the cat!” so begins an old sing-songed taunt tossed about when I was a child. It was meant to shame or deter someone who had poked their nose where it wasn’t — according to someone or something — supposed to be. The usual retort was “Satisfaction brought him back!” often accompanied by a … Read More
Aging: Knees, trees, 30’s…
I’m at the forefront of the baby boomers. Bet you couldn’t tell by my previous posts… But for those of us who chanted “Don’t trust anyone over thirty!” we are now more than twice that and many of us no longer have the luxury(?) of a roadmap of how this aging thing goes. Granted, my … Read More
Magic, Octopuses & Butterflies
What do butterflies and octopuses have in common? Magic. Magical cells & jumping genes. A natural ability to transform themselves. Personal alchemy! Oh, don’t we all know about how caterpillars transform into butterflies. Yet the science behind it cannot obscure the magic of it. The actual cells responsible for the transformation of fuzzy creepy-crawly … Read More
Summer Solstice 2016
Longest day of the year, shortest night. This celestial phenomenon has always held significance for humanity: In ancient Greece the summer solstice was the first day of the new year. The ancient Chinese honored earth and femininity — the yin — on the summer solstice. Many old European cultures had large bonfires around which the … Read More
Once Upon A Fraud
My mother, in her wisdom, would intone: “Horses sweat, men perspire, women glow.” Give me a bathing suit and point me towards ocean surf. No boards please. That was, still is, my idea of being “active.” But in my mid-twenties, living in Vermont, there was no ocean nearby. I started jogging, and found … Read More