[caption id="attachment_36145" align="alignright" width="200"] Photograph of President Truman receiving a Thanksgiving turkey from members of the Poultry and Egg National Board and other representatives of the turkey industry, outside the White House., 11/16/1949Harry S. Truman Library[National Archives Identifier 200138][/caption]With snow fall comes the holiday season...
An article written by Tara Bahrampour for The Washington Post looks back to the 1960s, but this time, not to the Vietnam War and the antiwar protests, not to the Civil Rights movement and those protests, not to the high-profile assassinations and not to the...
Michael Pollan (of "How to Change Your Mind") must be psyched. And those who've attended the John Hopkins lectures at the Telluride Mushroom Festival about extremely positive results using psilocybin to mitigate depression and PTSD and help with smoking cessation should be cheering too. The...
"The Humans" by Stephen Karam, which received the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, is now up at Denver's Curious Theatre Company. The run is through December 22. Our Denver theater critic, award-winning author Mark Stevens, reviews the production. Tickets here. [caption id="attachment_77829" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Left to...
Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? Or is simply eating when you are actually hungry the way to go, even if that occurs later in the morning? Is it ok to skip breakfast altogether? This story by Leigh Weingus, writing for...
Talking heads report healthcare is top of mind these days, not climate change, though scientists report the world has until 2030 to fix the mess we put ourselves in – or else. According to a recent article by Mark Tutton and Katy Scott for CNN,...
Floating islands made out of reeds are home to a tribe that have lived there for centuries. [caption id="attachment_77750" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Approaching the reed island[/caption] On a nearby island of only 2.3 square miles 2,500 people live in a closed community where your hat tells people where...
Susan and I arrived in Peru around midnight on October 15th, the beginning of our two-week tour of the country. After a brief introductory stay in Lima (elevation 505') the TIO crew flew to Puerto Maldonado (elevation 600') in the eastern lowlands. There was an...
Our whirlwind tour of Peru, just under two weeks, was choreographed by the award-winning Kensington Tours, whose “destination experts” (like ours, Sarah Roberts) are good listeners. Sarah curated to our wants and needs down to the smallest details: yoga mats in hotel rooms and hiking...
Even if you have your financial house in order, if you are a Boomer (or just curious how) you might want to read this story by Elizabeth O'Brien for Money. It tells the tale of 100-year-old retirees who are still living very well thank you,...
