I visited more cousins in Chicago -- or rather the suburbs. This also let me visit with a niece who had moved there last year. Chicago, Second City! People say there that the moniker doesn't necessarily come from being the second biggest city (at one time) but because it was rebuilt after the great Chicago … Continue reading Chicago – my kind of town
Category: Chinese Medicine
Upstate NY to PA
In Cooperstown I went to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Lots of info and history about baseball, almost too much for someone like me who isn't a big baseball fan. However, great info on the history of baseball. And I found out an interesting bit of info about Babe Ruth's estranged wife who died in … Continue reading Upstate NY to PA
The adventure has begun
Much of the last 2 weeks has been me figuring out what I am bringing with, narrowing that down even more, making a platform to create more space in my car, and helping the friends I was staying with. Finally today I was ready to head off (after dropping a few more things in the … Continue reading The adventure has begun
Your gut may be your strength
Food choices make gut voices Tufts University Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging recently issued a study that suggest that our gut microbiota (the normal bacterial cells throughout our body, especially in our gut) plays a role in muscle mass and function. The study compared bacteria from gut microbiomes of older adults, comparing those of … Continue reading Your gut may be your strength