One day on the way home from high school, my father and a couple of his buddies decided to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force, hoping to become pilots. Dad became a bomb aimer on a Lancaster bomber based…

I am grateful for Xrays.

Several years ago I was skiing on Blackcomb mountain at Whistler, BC. While walking across the icy deck of Horstman Hut halfway up the mountain, I slipped and fell. At the time I thought I…

I am grateful for exercise, how it feels to move my body and especially how I feel after exercise is complete.

I know I need to be more active. It is so much easier to play some music, read, write…

My ninety-five year old Dad's cardiologist recently put him on a low salt diet. He's finding that without salt his food has lost its taste and he's lost his appetite. He suggested I write something about taste.

How do we…

I really don't want to write seriously all the time. There is more joy and happiness in laughter than there is in deep contemplation of the human experience. Not that I shouldn't spend time in contemplation but what value is…

I sometimes feel as if my creative neural pathways are starting to calcify. I have a theory that our brains "calcify" as we age if we are not mindful. Perhaps not in terms of actual calcium deposits, but in that…

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I am grateful for yoga. Grateful that my body is still able to move, stretch and balance. Grateful for the focus that yoga provides, the mat a refuge from the busy-ness of…

I am grateful for oxygen. Grateful for the first breath I took out of the womb and my most recent inhalation. Breath is the fundamental action of my life and oxygen the reason for the breath. Is there anything…

I am grateful for my health. Health is something that I take for granted but I am fortunate to have not experienced any major health issues so far in my life. 

I know that my health will not…

I'm grateful for colonoscopies. The doctor who performs the procedure, the nurses who assist, hospital staff and volunteers, and my loving wife who supports me throughout. I'm thankful for the efforts of the researchers and graduate students who developed…