PUMPING IRONY: Distant Relations
The Sundays of my 1950s youth often found me fidgeting in the back seat of our family’s car traveling far beyond our…
The Audacity to Farm
Growing up in a mostly white, rural community in the North, Leah Penniman often found solace within the forest. “When human beings…
8 Ways to Laugh More
Practitioners of gelotology — the study of laughter and it is effects on the body — take it very seriously. So much…
PUMPING IRONY: Lessons around the Links
When Minnesota’s golf courses reopened last week, the Frail Foursome, of which I am a charter member, was granted a peek at…
The Food-Sleep Connection
It’s obvious enough our food choices influence our digestive and metabolic health. What’s less obvious — but no less important — is…
NATURAL MENTAL HEALTH: 5 Supplements for Mental Health
The most effective approach for building and looking after good health is sticking near to what nature intended. And when it comes…
A Recipe for Healing: Seamus Mullen
Seamus Mullen feels great these days. But in 2012 the award-winning chef and restaurateur was lying in a hospital bed with a…
PUMPING IRONY: Safety First?
I awoke the other day suffering from a minor case of the sniffles and, times being what they're, texted our daughter-in-law to…
How to Stay Active When Sheltering in Place
When you’re in the midst of a global pandemic, it's not easy to prioritize fitness. Yet staying active will also help relieve…
Supplements for Liver Nutrition
Spring is a time of cleansing and renewal, of starting anew. Based on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), it’s also the season of…
