Author: Richard Rayner MD
Memorial Day is upon us. Although its official origin is somewhat debated, we know that as far back as the middle of the Civil War people decorated the graves of fallen soldiers on both sides of the conflict. Indeed, for many years the term “Decoration Day” was synonymous with Memorial Day. The decorating eventually expanded […]
Fear can be a great motivator. Be prepared, the well-known Boy Scout motto, advises us to get ready now for potential challenges. If not, there could be bad stuff a’comin’ in the future for which we could end up in a mess of trouble. Fear also sells. Insurance comes in all forms: policies for the […]
On Your Mark Alas, a new year! I don’t know of a single soul who was not ready to turn the calendar and leave 2020 behind. What was, in my mind anyway, to be a fun year of quips, puns, and related to the application of the 20/20 designation to lots of areas of life […]
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” – Cicero Some years the Thanksgiving holiday seems extra special. Such is the case this year for my family and me. Aside from so far avoiding COVID-19 infection, and welcoming in late 2019 and early 2020 two new grandsons into […]
Cold on the Outside I hate the cold. I loathe it. Why? Because cold hurts. Even though I grew up in the “mountains” of northeastern PA, I have vowed to never again move one more degree longitude north. No matter how much wool, Alpaca, Gortex, etc. I have in my gloves, my fingers never feel […]
What, Why, When, and Where: Connecting Mind, Heart, and Body with Eating and Nutrition So much info, so many ideas. It’s the time in which we live. There is a glut of information on various kinds of diets. I find, however, that while people may know some terms – “carbs,” “gluten,” “keto,” etc., there is […]
Weighing our Words on the Scale of Human Interaction Words have power. So much power in fact that we use them a lot. Each day it seems there are more ways to distribute words faster and farther than ever before. How valuable or how true those words are is another issue! In the old days, […]
The original supermodel, Cheryl Tiegs, once advised that in her modeling she wanted special attention to be given to her eyes – “It’s all about the eyes.” Even though they are one of the smallest and most sensitive organs of our bodies, the eyes wield amazing power even with the subtlest of movements. With just […]
“Yeah, right!” This the response I often overhear when people finish describing the advice they received from their doctor. It’s often accompanied by a rolling of the eyes and a snicker. Eat this, don’t eat that, take this, don’t take that. In the words of comedian Brian Regan, typically when leaving the doctor’s office it can […]
Not another article about COVID-19, right? Well, yes, but hopefully this will go beyond the facts and figures with which we have been inundated. The basics of the physical aspect of Coronavirus infection are pretty much known by all. But there are many levels to this challenge, not the least of which is how we’re […]
Maybe I’m just a bit OCD, but whenever I walk into a room filled with clutter I immediately begin to experience a feeling of instability within my being. I feel the need to fix it, or get away from it! Clutter makes life harder. It necessitates extra effort over time due to loss of efficiency. […]
“Mind the gap” is a phrase first coined in London in 1968 to be used by an automated system on the rail system to warn passengers of the space between the train platform and the open door on the waiting train. A passenger unaware of the empty space could find her foot suddenly trapped potentially […]