If I remember anything about the pandemic, it was the empty shelves at Kroger. There was plenty of beer available. There was lots of Dasani bottled water on the shelves. Airport rental lots were full. No shortage of rental cars. There was plenty of chocolate hummus, plant-based sausage, and, most importantly, cauliflower-crust pizza. But toilet…
I recently turned seventy. I’m still getting used to saying that. Seventy has always sounded old to me. My grandparents were seventy. I would see old people sitting in McDonald’s drinking coffee. They were seventy. People who complain about their knees and have five doctors, they’re seventy. And now, so am I. The thing is,…
August 16, 2026. Nine hikers get lost near Indian Staircase in Red River Gorge. This report by Wolfe County Search and Rescue Team indicated that students from Indiana and Kentucky had hoped to watch the sunset from Indian Staircase but became disoriented by the numerous user trails. They sent a text to the rescue team,…
Forty people plus one. That’s how many took care of me this past week. Let me rewind 10 days. Monday, June 8 My wife and I were doing our regular after-dinner walk. You know, to help regulate our blood glucose. We walk three loops in our neighborhood, which is about a mile and a half….
“I wouldn’t want to be any other age than I am right now!” That’s what my mother said when she turned Seventy. I echo that. It really doesn’t seem that old to me, now. My Garmin watch says that my fitness age is 59.5 years old, but regardless I’m 70 and I’m learning to embrace…
I walked 3.5 million steps during the past 12 months. The most steps in one day: 31,240. The most in one week: 113,443. The most in one month: 426,784. The longest streak of 10,000+ days: 16. The last three records were from September 2025. I walk a lot. I’m writing this episode at the Muhammad…
