Post blogger Amanda Boxtel, a pioneer patient, has some help from new friends in Basalt. "Is a pain in the ass worse than a pain in the neck?" she blogs. "That seemed to be the question of the minute, hour, day and week as Dr. Jung dug her elbow deeper into my nervy-hypersensitive bum for the umpteenth time while Dr. Choe pressed hard on two points at the back of my neck. Tears flooded my eyes and trickled down into the pillow as I lay face down on the floor. Last week my tears were a steady flow like a dripping faucet. Despite his remarkably youthful appearance Dr Choe celebrated his 79th birthday on Sunday, August 17th. He is agile and strong, and is well respected around the world. On the morning of our first day of treatment, Dr. Choe was confirming dates to work on Nelson Mandela within the next month in South Africa. I felt very privileged to have a doctor of his caliber work on me in my little condo on the river in Basalt."
Next summer I'm probably going to turn the backyard into a vegetable garden," writes Post blogger Mitch Mulhall in comment #2, "not because of some irrational devotion to some Eat Local movement, but because I love home grown tomatoes and Eruca sativa, and the kids don't play on the swing set anymore. Besides, my seven-year-olds still fall for the "Pull my finger" gag because I'm quick to scold the dog."
"Let me get this straight," Post blogger reckless G writes in comment #1, "you’re blaming the Eat Local movement for the corporate appropriation of their slogans? How was the movement supposed to avoid this inevitability? Copyright their slogans? Come up with complex paragraphical explanations that don’t fit so easily on bumper stickers or restaurant ads?"
Posts filed under 'Health'
Each fall teachers spend a lot of time reviewing what was taught last spring. It can take as much as six weeks or more. This is because of the “summer slide”. We all need a break from our “regular work”. Sports and recreational activities are wonderful. But our minds don’t have to become dormant over the summer. Ron Fairchild, the executive director of the Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University, suggests there are many ways to try to reduce the recovery time. Suggestions include visits to museums, the local library, educational trips, less time on computer games and TV, encouraging reading and math problems.
Continue Reading August 16th, 2008
Eat local! Has a nice ring, doesn’t it? Indeed, for millions of environmentally concerned eaters the allure of this mantra has been irresistible. Due largely to the impassioned literary efforts of an exclusive cadre of savvy food writers, buying locally grown food—and all that it entails—has quickly evolved into nothing less than an expression of earnest environmental virtue.
Continue Reading August 13th, 2008
Mother Nature and the Farmers told me we should have Potatoes, Garlic, Onions, Kale or Chard, Salad Mix, Tomatoes, Summer Squash, Sweet Corn, Beets, Cantaloupe and early Peaches. We will see!
You can order the first Raspberries from the Austins if you click on the Extras button on the Products page. There is not enough to go around to the boxes.
Continue Reading August 4th, 2008
Dorothy was right, but admittedly spoiled DrBill, like the rest of us Valley residents, know that it's not about Kansas. Jeez, it gets hot here. Humid too but that has been relatively inconsistent, the humid part anyway. I've settled in a bit, have stopped complaining about the insanely aggressive KC drivers, though I just got one more "dig" in, didn't I? I've gotten lost or at least disoriented a few times driving without mountains or a river as reference point. Pretty embarrassing for a guy who claims an innate sense of direction no matter where he is. Must be the Lyme.
Continue Reading July 24th, 2008
In a small town in the Rockies where the teachers are happy for the kids to call them by their first names, where the green mountains are filled with magnificent wild flowers in tones of orange, pink, blue, yellow and purple, things are a bit different. I received a call from the policeman who was in charge of school security asking me to participate in a Wellness trip with a group of high school students. The students could choose from fifteen itineraries, including bike trips, hiking, college visit, Habitat for Humanity and others. This Wellness trip involved a week on a houseboat on a beautiful lake, eleven hours away by school bus. We were going to practice Tai Chi every day and do organic cooking. Of course my answer was yes.
Continue Reading July 24th, 2008
The Con Man dissects the phenomenon of Obama "The Messiah," then turns his attention to cities and even one state banning trans fats from fast-food menus.
Click here for "Con Games with Michael Conniff" for Wednesday July 21, 2008.
July 23rd, 2008
The Chris Klug Foundation will be honoring Nancy Dick at the Tuesdays with Michael event on Tuesday July 22nd. Nancy E. Dick was the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, serving from 1979 to 1987 under Richard Lamm. She was Colorado's first female Lt. Governor. Nancy was very instrumental in the development of Colorado's donor program.
Continue Reading July 17th, 2008
by Kim Moore
We are all the future of The Aspen Club & Spa and we are all the future of Aspen.
That’s because as we look beyond tourism, real estate and construction, we look toward a future of sustainability and healthy living — an opportunity to combine local vitality with economic survival.
Let’s take a trip down memory lane to get a sense of this Aspen institution known as The Aspen Club & Spa.
Continue Reading July 8th, 2008
The Con Man welcomes the premier rock 'n' roll photographer Lynn Goldsmith, then segues into a discussion of Thomas Friedman, and a visit by the Cancer Babes from the Pathfinders survivors group.
Click here for the complete "Con Games with Michael Conniff" for Monday July 7, 2008.
July 7th, 2008
Just today, I heard somewhere on one of the news channels that doctors are advocating that kids as young as 7 start taking cholesterol-reducing meds and that parents should start getting their kid's cholesterol levels checked by the age of 2!
I took care of my disabled mom during the last 10 years of her life. Her main problems were arthritis and heart disease. While doing my duty as a caretaker, I did a lot of research on how to help her. I found the "Life Extension Foundation" to be my most valuable resource on different nutritional remedies and the latest research on various illnesses and/or longevity. I/we were using things like shark cartilage, melatonin and glucosamine long before the general public even knew such things existed.
Continue Reading July 7th, 2008
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