Double Indemnity
In the classic 1944 film noir, “Double Indemnity”, insurance salesman Walter Neff (played by Fred MacMurray), gets into some pretty hot water involving his client (Barbara Stanwyck) and his …
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The Sounds of Summer
The variegated songs of the mockingbird. The crack of the bat on the baseball diamond. The screaming of little children at play in the community pool. Wherever we turn, …
Making the Grade
The recent school year has long been over, but the echoes of learning, striving, and achieving persist. We may, if we choose, apply these remembrances of ourselves when we …
Hip and Knee Security
Everyone knows someone who has undergone hip or knee replacement. These surgeries are no longer exclusively performed on older persons and are now not uncommon procedures for many patients …
Yoda and Yoga
In the film classic “The Empire Strikes Back,” the iconic Jedi master Yoda inscrutably refers to “the Force” during training sessions with his disciple, Luke Skywalker. Yoda informs Luke …
Find Inspiration in Walden
In this 200th anniversary year of the birth of Henry David Thoreau, each of us can increase our health and well-being by applying his guidance to our regular exercise …
Hitting for the Cycle
In baseball, hitting for the cycle means that a batter hits a single, a double, a triple, and a home run during the same game. Hitting for the cycle …
Wildfire Inside of You
Comparisons between the inner world and the outer world have been frequently drawn by philosophers, nature writers, and visual artists. For example, “seeing the universe in a grain of …
A Center for Health
Mindfulness programs and practices frequently describe a process of locating your “center.” One’s center may be conceived as a focus of energy, both spiritual and physical, by which all …
Learning From History
Whether we’re driving a car, riding a bike, or trying to record a spare at our local bowling alley, our musculoskeletal system bases its decision-making on past history, that …