Category: interests
senior nomads
Debbie and Michael Campbell A video about the couple from BBC. Their blog.
the obesity code
Well written book by Jason Fung, MD. Fung describes obesity as a chronic multi-factorial disease just like all other Western diseases. All diets work. And then they don’t work. The body like all biological systems likes homeostasis and reverts to the mean. He starts with a lot of data proving that obesity is a hormonal,…
spring in boulder
Springtime is a great time to walk in Boulder.The weather is unpredictable with heavy wet snow one day, bright summer sunshine the next day. Flowers are blooming, or trying to figure out whether it is the right time to bloom with all the snow. The moisture in the air carries the smells and makes it…
birmingham, alabama
Birmingham, Pittsburgh of the South a.k.a. B’ham is a cool city! I went there not knowing what to expect and found some of the friendliest, kindest folks I have met in the United States
cloudy day in boulder
Not quite Ansel Adams but it is fun taking pictures in Boulder!
ansel adams – early photos
An excellent Ansel Adams retrospective at the Longmont museum. So inspiring! Many viewers are familiar with the Adams’ heroic, high-contrast prints from the 1970s. Much less well known are the intimate prints that the artist crafted earlier in his career. Ansel Adams: Early Works focuses on these masterful small prints from the 1920s into the…
a thousand crossings – sally mann
Sally Mann is one of the pre-eminent photographers of the 20th century. This book is based on a Sally Mann exhibition that explores her photographs of family, landscapes, race relations and death/decay. The book starts with John Glenday’s poem “Landscape with Flying Man” I read about him that was given wings.His father fixed those wings…
the razor’s edge – w somerset maugam
Maugham’s greatest and most enduring popular novel that tells the story of Larry Darrell, an attractive and enigmatic American who forsakes the comforts of bourgeois society to live a life dedicated to pursuit of truth and meaning. The books starts with a quote from the Katha Upanishad : “The sharp edge of a razor is…
vegan cookbooks
The Plant Based Journey Thug Kitchen Energy Balls Veganomicon Cook, Eat, Thrive Street Vegan The Homemade Vegan Pantry