Category Archives: Health

A Few Takes on COVID-19

Posted on Monday, March 30, 2020 by Eric Miller

Walk into any essential store these days and you’ll see X’s marking the spot for social distancing.  This COVID-19 stuff is spooky.  The only positive is if you test negative.  At least our April 15 tax deadline is delayed until … Continue reading →

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Faith, Friends and Fortitude

Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 by Eric Miller

“A wife of noble character, who can find?  She is worth far more than rubies.“  Proverbs 31:10 I hadn’t hugged her for years.   Not because of a jealous mate, but because one of us had cooties.  Lin had bad blood … Continue reading →

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Hanging Out With Old Attitudes

Posted on Saturday, July 27, 2019 by Eric Miller

They are kids with wrinkled skin who wear plenty of attitude. Shuttle vans park outside the main entrance to cart them to and fro, whether to doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping or to the movies.  Panel doors slide open and wheel … Continue reading →

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January Tanning at 40 Degrees North

Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2019 by Eric Miller

 ”On vacations we hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings.”  Erma Bombeck Suntan lotion sales melt at forty degrees north.  Especially … Continue reading →

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Weight Watcher’s Journey May Require Duct Tape

Posted on Friday, January 24, 2014 by Eric Miller

The adult arm weighs eight pounds, about five percent of one’s body weight.  Thanks to my holiday junk food diet, I’m that much heavier.  I awoke this morning and had an epiphany: I still have the same arms.  The calories … Continue reading →

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Worn out body parts can be replaced

Posted on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 by Eric Miller

“It’s shot,” he said.  “Are you sure?” I asked.  “Positive.” This exchange wasn’t with my mechanic about a fan belt but with an orthopedic surgeon.  I tore my anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, one of four ligaments critical to the … Continue reading →

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