Finding my game at midlife
We're still seven weeks away from the vernal equinox, when the hours of daylight will equal the hours of darkness, heralding my favorite season of the year. I love the summer, when days are long, and light lasts well into the evening. SAD: a lack of light I think I need sunlight now more ... [Continue Reading]
The Nike+ FuelBand is a high-priced, high-tech toy you wear on your wrist to collect data about energy, or "fuel," that you burn throughout the day. It's about output, pure and simple -- not what you're eating or how you're expending energy. While FuelBand data may be imperfect, the concept fits ... [Continue Reading]
It's all in my head, right? I mean, the fact that two days ago I suffered a terrible migraine had nothing to do with the fact I'd just attained my "personal worst" record for any USTA adult league season I've ever played in. It was just a weird coincidence, wasn't it? I'd like to think so, but I'm ... [Continue Reading]
Lately I’ve been obsessed by a subject we don’t like to discuss in polite circles. And yet it’s a common problem: the lowly plantar wart. Even the name “wart” is disgusting – no one wants to admit they have ever had one themselves. Well maybe their kids did, but they ... [Continue Reading]
So I lost another tennis match last weekend. This is nothing new, really. As my high school son remarked on Skype to his college siblings, “Yeah, Mom likes tennis, she plays a lot. Most of the time she loses.” Which pretty much sums up the past few months on the tennis court for me. ... [Continue Reading]
