Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Tue, Aug 17 2004
Life Is (Not) Just A Cabaret If You Want Good Health
It's great to know that people are studying several factors that affect health, and that better health probably isn't only about diet and exercise, but about making a difference in the world and feeling one has a definite purpose in life. Science Blog reports on a study that shows the possibility that just looking for fun and pleasure isn't enough to boost our immune systems and keep us feeling well physically. Our lives need to be meaningful, and we need to see ourselves and others as worthwhile.
posted at: 16:04 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
It's great to know that people are studying several factors that affect health, and that better health probably isn't only about diet and exercise, but about making a difference in the world and feeling one has a definite purpose in life. Science Blog reports on a study that shows the possibility that just looking for fun and pleasure isn't enough to boost our immune systems and keep us feeling well physically. Our lives need to be meaningful, and we need to see ourselves and others as worthwhile.
posted at: 16:04 | category: /Health and Fitness | link to this entry
What Harry Did Matters To Us All
If you read the statistics on the number of troops killed, you know we have lost some fantastic people. Some of them were descendants of the first inhabitants of America. Harry N. Shondee Jr. was one of them. We won't know what Harry would have gone on to do in the long life he didn't get, but when I think of the history of the American Indian people who lived and worked here long before my own ancestors came, and I remember how much they have already sacrificed, I'm absolutely in awe that Harry and others gave life for a cause that took them so far from their homeland. Many of us who gripe and groan about the war in Iraq talk about the dollars spent. Our talk is just as cheap as the political rhetoric we complain about on one side or the other. The real cost that should be on all our minds and hearts is the loss of life. No matter how you feel about the war and the political processes involved, I hope you'll take time to send a note to Harry's family. The article linked above has the address.
posted at: 07:58 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
If you read the statistics on the number of troops killed, you know we have lost some fantastic people. Some of them were descendants of the first inhabitants of America. Harry N. Shondee Jr. was one of them. We won't know what Harry would have gone on to do in the long life he didn't get, but when I think of the history of the American Indian people who lived and worked here long before my own ancestors came, and I remember how much they have already sacrificed, I'm absolutely in awe that Harry and others gave life for a cause that took them so far from their homeland. Many of us who gripe and groan about the war in Iraq talk about the dollars spent. Our talk is just as cheap as the political rhetoric we complain about on one side or the other. The real cost that should be on all our minds and hearts is the loss of life. No matter how you feel about the war and the political processes involved, I hope you'll take time to send a note to Harry's family. The article linked above has the address.
posted at: 07:58 | category: /Politics | link to this entry
