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Here we are on April 15 – the U.S. government-set date for personal tax filing and payment. A partial tax definition quoted via Google’s Gemini AI includes… “A tax is essentially a mandatory financial contribution that you make to the government. It’s like a fee, but instead of paying for a specific service you use, […]

For a few minutes millions of people across the USA will experience awe and darkness due to a Total Eclipse of the Sun. A number of us will be humming the Bonnie Tyler Total Eclipse of the Heart song.1 The Oxford Language Dictionary defines Eclipse as: An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the

We begin April with “…Touch the sunny hill” words from Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem A Walk. Wednesday, April 3rd, is National Walking Day, established by the American Heart Association, which celebrates 100 years of promoting heart health this year. Walking is our first and last most precious full body erect exercise. Our walking gait, which

Collegiate NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball March Madness™ television coverage introduces us to enthusiastic young athletes in superb physical condition. Plus, during the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, fans from around the globe, particularly aspiring children, will jump and cheer for their favorite athletes and teams. What about us, though? What if our

When I read the quote shown in the paragraph below our picture, today’s topic was going to be about Healthspan, the quality of a person’s longevity. “When health is absent, wisdom cannot reveal itself, art cannot manifest, strength cannot fight, wealth becomes useless, and intelligence cannot be applied.” ― Herophilus. The above quote was found in

The Monday morning after… Here we are the Monday after Daylight Savings moved up an hour. Our digital devices had set themselves via electrical force, leaving us fewer and fewer clocks to take down off the wall and move the hands forward. Outside darkness tells us we need more sleep. But wait! Now we have

As we march into March, let’s focus on marching’s precursor…which is standing tall and erect. The idea for today’s post came from my daily habit of standing at the desk in front of my iMac desktop computer.For years I sat at my desk – but then developed severe sciatic pain, which prolonged sitting aggravated. To

Any one of us who has wanted to shed a few – or a lot of fat pounds – probably has experienced the frustration of up and down results.No wonder that brand name medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy are experiencing phenomenal sales success. Nutritional Psychiatry in the form of what, when, why, where and

During U.S. Federal Holidays we do not post the regular health and fitness e-mail – but rather celebrate days unique to this country. History tells us that political factions formed during and have been with us since George Washington’s Presidency. As we enter this election year, shall we reconsider words from George Washington’s Farewell Address

Today we borrow favorite song from of one of Super Bowl 58’s winning players, Kansas City Chief’s tight end, Travis Kelce – That song is the Beastie Boys first top hit – Fight For Your Right To Party. Health and Fitness require that we Fight For Our Right To Party.For us the Party is Life