by ultrasoundmedia | Jan 16, 2025 | Culture
As a follow-up to last week’s piece in which I urged you not to take GLP-1s to lose weight, I am not (at least this week) going to recommend a specific workout or diet. I am not going to write about ideal weight, workout duration, or even type. While our weight,...
by ultrasoundmedia | Jan 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
To begin our series on changes for the New Year, let’s start with the body and talk about what sort of shape we are in, individually and collectively. At year’s end Americans tend to do two things: Gain weight and make resolutions to lose it. The estimated...
by ultrasoundmedia | Dec 31, 2024 | The writing life
Welcome to the New Year! “2025” has, I think, a nice ring to it. Like finding a quarter, it “feels” like the start of something useful, valuable, something productive. A good omen, I think, for needed change. True, any time of year is a good time for helpful change,...
by ultrasoundmedia | Nov 19, 2024 | Culture, Technology
The 2024 Presidential election is over and many people, in both parties, are trying to figure out what happens next. While Republicans are considering what to do with the power that they’ve been handed, Democrats are trying to figure out how they were run over...
by ultrasoundmedia | Nov 4, 2024 | Culture
In the summer of 1893, Professor Katharine Lee Bates was teaching in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At the end of the term, she rode a prairie wagon to the top of the 14,000-foot-high Pike’s Peak. The view was so stunning that she was inspired to write the poem...