So it’s the 8th of January…how are your New Year’s resolutions coming? Mine are a mixed bag. I have dropped a couple of pounds (a miracle) but have done less well on the resolve to do more weights. I...

I’m sure that the polar ice cap is melting and I’m sick about it. I really am. But in the meantime, it sure was a hell of a day, here in the Northwest corner and Harry and I sure...

It is such a help to have a goal in mind when you’re working out. I am a pretty good kid about this stuff…do it almost every day. But the enthusiasm with which i do it (and, I suspect,...

It ‘s not a bad idea to start the New Year with a new kedge, if you have one in mind. Mine works like this. I am going skiing for a month (hey, I’m retired) in Aspen, starting on...

New Years is the time, natch, to renew our promises to oursleves to be good kids in the next year. To be Younger Next Year, in fact. Here is a good – albeit slightly commercial – idea. START A...

I like the holidays, i truly do. For example, I brought home a tree so vast that it took me three hours to get it into the house, and this is a big house. (Final answer: tie the boughs...