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In it for Life
All efforts to improve health are based on helping the body to heal itself, be it through emotional support, listening, [...]
Meditation on Turning 75
The lost part of turning 75 on is easy to write. Yet, I hope I have found the perspective and patience to look forward rather [...]
My Grand-Dogs are Not Trained
The moral of the tale is that it is possible to have a perfectly behaved dog — just not one trained by anyone in my family.
Proximity to History
Watergate. The word is redolent with history, even more so now with an imperiled special prosecutor, a sitting president [...]
Intelligence: He thought it showed!
The Psychology department specialized in animal studies. Herrnstein and his students did their work on pigeons not people.
Listen, Learn, Change
I have watched the coverage over the past several weeks with fury and outrage. I don’t take to the streets for many [...]
The Party That Rocked my Block
My first two kids were pretty tame as teens, so when I learned about the ambulance in front of our house and every neighbor [...]
A Garden of Visual Delights
I resorted to wearing sunglasses and a painter's mask to do any gardening, even trimming the lemon tree. Upon seeing me, my [...]
Alps and Arcs
I still have a stack of some of the books that sat on my shelf as a child. I just can’t part with them. My very favorite was [...]
Elaine Zeve
Because of the peculiarities of the Detroit school system, I had Mrs. Zeve for 2A and 3B, but a whole school year, which was [...]
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