Tag: watermelon

Digital freeze out

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, August 1, 2025 “We live in a digital world, but we’re fairly analog creatures.” –Omar Ahmad On a morning walk recently, and tuning into a health podcast I found at the last minute, what often happens with information happened again: The subject I’m interested in finds me, all algorithms aside. Though…… Continue reading Digital freeze out

The best medicine

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, July 18, 2025 “Laughter is inner jogging.” – Norman Cousins You’re just not going to find too many people who will argue that laughter is not good for you. Maybe not a single person, or even a single grumpy person. I was thinking of my father — retired military man and…… Continue reading The best medicine

Watermelon weather

Telluride Daily Planet, Friday, July 4, 2025 “Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” – Sam Keen We didn’t eat that much watermelon, growing up. In the upper left corner of the U.S. map in the 60s and 70s, it just wasn’t as hot as it has been recently; one year, in fact, I remember…… Continue reading Watermelon weather