Category: Random
Me talkin to myself
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Who invented chairs? Wikipedia, of course, delves into that question, which intrigues me. What did people do before chairs? Sit on the ground. Sit on pillows, walk around a lot, stand. Be active. Then chairs became a thing. So how much time do I spend sitting? Short answer: Lots. Harvard researchers recently came up with…
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The rains have begun in Oregon, and soon the last of the flowers will wrap up their show and bed down until spring. I didn’t want to say goodbye for that long and so have been cutting and pressing a few blooms, mementos of all this year’s sunny garden pleasures. It’s surprising and fun to…
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A lively camping weekend will mean no dancing, so I grabbed a 20-minute routine this morning — “Ignite” — that focused on the upper body and was just right. I’m still thinking about Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer’s book “Mindful Body.” Some of her experiments focused on whether mindful people just being mindful can positively influence…
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