Category: Exercise

  • My 10 days of road-trip visit to my mom, lacked sufficient dancing. There were five days of no-dancing at all, which, checking my got-done calendar, revealed that the last time I went that long without some Nia was back in July. Addicted? Possibly. Getting back to routine now, I’m using the 30-minute sessions Nia on…

  • A small grocery store (of the variety you see in New York City neighborhoods, or in Paris for that matter) is six blocks from our house and it has a full complement of the foods we buy. It drew us out this morning, on the hunt for shallots, garlic, onions and green beans. Despite the…

  • My mother Irene would be the first to blame good genes for her longevity. After all, her mother, Yvonne, lived to 105, and Yvonne traveled independently until she was about 102, visiting kids, grandkids and greatgrandkids all over Canada and the United States. I think Irene’s love of life and curiosity about the world may…