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Well, the Medical Guidelines Say… Dealing with “Consensus” Guidelines in 2023

The worst 4 words you can hear coming out of your doctor’s mouth are “well, the guidelines say…” Actually, “the consensus guidelines say” may be even worse. What this is code for is, we do not have data, so I…
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Embracing Silence and Growing Up

While we have never had a television in our home, we did have WiFi internet. We (OK, I) decided to get rid of this and replace it with wired ethernet in our two home offices. This small change had rather…
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Beauty, Creativity, and Questioning

beauty

Whether we are planning our garden for next spring, laying a stone wall in our yard, or writing our next exercise program, or even putting together that annoying power point for our office incarceration—uh, I mean job—we not only require…
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Ignore the Squirrels

Ignore the Squirrels

We were spending some time at a good friend’s beautiful pool this month. It is an absolutely stunning pool with a slate deck, blue tile pool, and a couple statues around it. It is surrounding by massive century-old trees that…
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Keeping your mind large and your world small – Avoid drinking from the wrong fire hydrant

Machiavelli

With the spread of the Internet’s reach, along with the infestation of social media and political entertainment masquerading as news, there is no limit to how wide our world, or at least our view of the world, has become. The…
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Avoiding Envy and Mimicking the Masters

David

Not too long ago, we talked about avoiding the ugliness in the world. We will come back to that in a minute, but I would ask you to pause and think about all those amazing people in your life: those…
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Stop Wearing Hokas

hokas

There is a strange new phenomena of people wearing these shoes that look like they stepped in half-melted marshmallow and then let it harden and replace the sole of their shoes. These ultra-padded shoes are also apparently frequently recommended by…
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Keeping It Simple

I was putting Aurelia to bed the other night and quickly fell into our typical pattern. She told me to get in bed, read her a book, but only after I get under the covers. I began to read her…
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Ignoring the Naysayers to Preserve Your Health

Ignore the Naysayers

I recently had to write a doctor’s letter to my sister’s school to allow them to feed my nephew whole fat milk, instead of the sugar water formerly known as skim milk that the school (and the amazingly-terrible-at-nutritional-scratch-that-any-lifestyle-recommendation US government)…
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