Here’s a tip that will be of interest to approximately one in 2 million souls: when it is raining too hard to go out on your bike (I sometimes bike in the rain, if I get caught, but I...

I saw my lovely skin doc yesterday and asked her – for you – why I was there. "You are here," she said, "because you are a borderline old guy with fair skin and a decent chance of dying...

Nice day for me. Had my annual physical with Harry…always an anxious affair…and it went pretty well. Bottom line: This stuff works. My blood pressure is 110 over 70, which is "ideal" as Harry shyly put it. And the...

For the 72nd time, I am easing into the fall in New England and – I am surprised and happy to report – it still blows my socks off. Which I think is good news for the old and ridiculous...

In the books – and on this site – we urge people to get decent gear, as a motivator and for its own sake. There’s also something to be said for taking decent care of it…and even developing a...

There’s been a touch of drama lately in my quiet, retired life. I had hoped to row in the Head of the Charles Regatta this October (in my case that meant a tough three mile, single sculling race for...