ROOTS OF HEALTH AND LONGEVITY…?

There are basically four roots of health and longevity which you may have control over: exercise, nutrition, sleep/rest, and peace/connections. This, of course, after one considers the influences of genetics, education, wealth, and location. Exercise cannot be over...

Buster on Dog Ownership

Buster here, Yunga Tart’s front man. Of course, this is about dogs. I was born in Texas, shipped to an Oklahoma pet distributor but then one in my liter began to cough. Off to a kill shelter in Kansas we went.   Fortunately, a policewoman and her husband in...

Mother’s Day and Carnations

Begun by Anna Maria Jarvis in 1908 Mother’s Day is celebrated by over 50% of the world’s people on the second Sunday of May. A very meaningful Day which is symbolized by Pink and Red Carnations for the living and White for those who have passed....
We’re Still Here

We’re Still Here

And you thought you knew….  This is not a plug for the various DNA testing services, nevertheless the results can be interesting. In this writer’s case the maternal side’s immediate relatives always insisted that I was (i.e., Finnish vs Swedish)...

Person of the Day

Having chicken pox when young increases one’s chances of getting shingles later. We are on the downside of that latter condition right now, and how that leads to my “person of the day.”  Once the condition developed some quick online research pretty...
Buster’s Diet Rules

Buster’s Diet Rules

The other element that goes hand in hand with the positive addiction of exercise is, of course, one’s diet. In my case it was a gradual transformation that now some would describe as extreme. The photo here is partially representative of where I am today. Some of my...