(Editor’s Note: This story was originally published on Rewire.) When I first reached out to Jason Ward, the 33-year-old host of the popular YouTube series Birds of North America, I was hoping to speak with him for a lighthearted piece full of tips and … Continue reading
Sitting at my desk, I glance out the window at the sun and ponder where I am relative to the monastic hours. 7:30 a.m. is about halfway between Prime, the traditional morning prayer time for Christians, and Terce, which originally meant three hours aft… Continue reading
Maybe you are sorely missing your weekly watercolor class. Maybe the shelter-in-place mandate brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has given you unexpected time or is compelling you to take this opportunity to fold some creativity into your new routi… Continue reading
Since his gym closed, you might find Tom Hippman, 55, working out to Journey’s “Eye of the Tiger” in his Dallas living room, using whatever props he can find. He’s been doing sit-ups against the wall, deadlifting 64-load bottles of Woolite, running thr… Continue reading
I am a 65-year-old widower, living alone between two communities — during the week in a big city high-rise and on the weekends in a small condo in the rural western North Carolina mountains. My intimate, social and professional networks are broad, soli… Continue reading
Teresa Elwert usually is out and about every day, doing volunteer work, exercising and meeting up with friends. Four times a week, the 68-year-old leads a group of other retirees in her New York City neighborhood on what she calls “brisk walks” through… Continue reading
You know all those things you say you want to do — then don’t? As disruptive as the coronavirus is proving in all our lives, there’s a silver lining: confinement is creating the time, as well as the hunger, opportunity and need, to pursue those interes… Continue reading
As the coronavirus spreads in this country, my wife and I have adopted a “don’t panic, but prepare” frame of mind. About 80 people in this country were known to be infected by the scary virus in 13 states as I wrote this, with 14 known deaths. The numb… Continue reading
(This article appeared previously in American Heart Association News.) On Feb. 20, 1962, John Glenn made history when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. About half an hour after launch, somewhere over Zanzibar, he made a bit of lesser-kno… Continue reading
Ugh. It’s late. It’s raining. It’s … whatever reason you tell yourself you can’t exercise or go to the gym. Sound familiar? But as we get older, exercise becomes an even more critical component of healthy aging. Adults begin to lose as much as 3% to 5%… Continue reading