http://www.Amazon.com/books This is the title of an inspiring autobiographical book by Dr. Akil Taher. He was a successful MD as he entered his 60s when his sedentary lifestyle and poor diet led him to need angioplasty and stents in his coronary arteries. This was not a sufficient wake-up call for a lifestyle change, so he … Continue reading Open Heart →

We've had a lot more nice late fall weather which I've been loving riding in. Then yesterday it rained pretty heavily so I had my first rainy ride of the season for about 90 minutes. My rain gear held up fine and my hiking boots did not soak through so I enjoyed that ride too. … Continue reading More Riding in Nice Weather Till the Rains Came →

Spina farms is a local farm in the Coyote Valley that has a farm stand for customers. Every year they put on an extravagant display for Halloween, and my Tuesday group visited this for our "Pumpkin Patch Ride". We had a beautiful fall day for the ride. It was cold when I started out but … Continue reading Pumpkin Patch Ride →

Fall shows up a little late in our area, but makes up for it by lasting longer, sometimes even into January. So it was more summer-like here in September and early October, but now it's really starting to feel like autumn, a delightful time to be outdoors. We did a long group ride to the … Continue reading Nice Fall Riding →

Specialized Bicycles has its headquarters in Morgan Hill and has a nice museum on-site. My Tuesday riding group had visited it before in spring 2020, right before the Covid pandemic took off. We went again last Tuesday, and this time our guide was Robert Egger, who has been their creative director for years. He designs … Continue reading A Visit To The Specialized Museum →

http://www.Amazon.com/books I enjoyed this book by David Ryan. He lives in New Mexico and does volunteer work finding archaeological sites for the US Bureau of Land Management. So it is not surprising the book starts out with tales of his wanderings in his local area, finding important sites and artifacts including a Folsom Man arrowhead … Continue reading The Gentle Art of Wandering →

I've been enjoying multiple long easy rides. After some more research I realized that a long ride is good for my heart as long as the pace is not hard, because it lowers diastolic blood pressure a bit compared to resting. Diastolic, the lower number on a reading like 120/80, is the more important for … Continue reading Loving Fall Riding →

Clarence Bass has been a role model for me for healthy aging for about 25 years now. Recently some pictures of Clarence at 87 were posted on his website which are exciting because he certainly defies the stereotype of a frail elderly person. Like me, Clarence has worked around the limitations of aging, despite two … Continue reading Clarence Bass at 87! →

One of the things that keeps my grey cells active is learning all I can about medical conditions I have. So I've continued to research paravalvular leakage of the aortic valve with Google's Deep Research. So far I've asked it for an overview of the condition, for more details on treatment options, and for exercise … Continue reading More on Aortic Valve Leakage →