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There apparently is a very fancy health club in Concord, outside Boston, called the Thoreau Club. What Henry T. himself would have made of health clubs, I have no idea, but this one is a beaut. Among the things...

Because I am in the business, sort of, I decided to put together something of a home gym in this barn we have, up here in Lakeville. Just a couple of aerobic gadgets (a Concept II rowing machine, an...

I told my son, Tim, today that I wished I were in better shape for the Head of The Charles and he just started to laugh. "At your age, for heaven’s sake, the entire point is doing it at...

Here’s an interesting development: Harry and I are off tomorrow to Lynchburg Viirginia to apppear on the 700 Club TV show to discuss our books and the Revolution in Aging. How about that?

The weather forecast for this boat race in Vermont was for heavy rain, wind and cold. I was sensibly thinking of saying the hell with it when I made the mistake of mentioning it to a local pal who...

I call trips like my jaunt up to the Green Mountain Head in Putney last weekend a "kedge". The term is described in thebooks but it roughly means a motivating trip or purchase of some damn thing that gets you...