I encountered yoga as an exercise in the 1970s. I was seven or eight and the television show “Yoga with Kareen” was occasionally playing on the screen. I remember doing a shoulder stand and bicycling my legs. I remember being curious about the leotard. I don’t know that I’d call myself a fanatic, and I definitely wouldn’t call myself an expert, but I’ve maintained some … Continue reading There has always been yoga.
Generation X – we did stuff, we saw stuff Generation X – Gen X as we like to be called – spans the fifteen years from 1965 to 1980 which makes us now, in 2024, middle-aged. That burns a bit. We were the cool kids, generationally speaking, at least we like to think so. To hear us talk, you’d think we invented everything, including hardship. … Continue reading Gen X is aging, and we’re grumpy with it.
Conservative men My father is confrontational. He can’t help it. Sometimes, it’s fun. I don’t mind a debate, and we disagree about much, so topics abound. However, he started listening to conservative radio about fifteen years ago: the change to his personality in certain areas has been disheartening. So, there are now topics I would prefer we didn’t discuss. He has a hard time with … Continue reading Jordan Peterson and the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
We’re not so tolerant of people choosing to do things differently than we would, especially when it comes to minutiae. We sweat the small stuff. We can manage peaceful coexistence when it comes to the bigger issues – conservative or liberal, religious or atheist, Pepsi or Coke: when it comes to these things, most of the time we agree to disagree. Yes, there are wars … Continue reading We get offended: Our pet peeves are important to us.
From Famine to Feast 