The Way We Were Most of us think back on the past as a simpler, less complicated time. We all love to let our thoughts drift back to our childhoods – no matter how old we are – most of us imagine it was a more beautiful and innocent world and a more peaceful time in our lives.… Read More »
HFCS: A Killer On and Off the Cob In 2011, we wrote an essay entitled A Kllier on the Cob. It’s been 14 years and the prevalence of HFCS in foods and beverages produced in the United States has not changed – and maybe even worsened. Smuckers wrote us a letter about that article telling us… Read More »
I Saw a Crocus Today I don’t have much of a life, I guess. I’ve been waiting all winter to see some form of life spring forth from the cold, almost frozen earth. Normally, the first things to spring forth are the crocuses, and most years, like this one, these hearty little flowers will start poking their… Read More »
A Tale of Two Winters It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and it is the winter that will be remembered as the one that nearly defeated me…or perhaps it will defeat me. Winter is not over yet. Whether it was “global warming” or “climate change”, the past few winters have been… Read More »
Ordinary Moments, Ordinary Days “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the number of moments that take our breath away.” I have been thinking about that particular aphorism lately. I wonder if our lives really are measured by the number of breaths we take or even by the number of moments… Read More »
My Thoughts on February January is finally over. It’s been a struggle for an old man like me. I still walk four miles every day, or every day I can. The weather this January has been brutal – there was a week when the high temperature didn’t breath the 20-degree (F) mark. And let’s talk about snow… Read More »