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While we live, let us live by Peter Loewer Hopefully, some of our readers will recall Curmudgeon’s statement at the end of last month’s report… …to wit: “I want you to help me build a great balloon and we will fly to Raleigh and straighten out the future of NorthContinue Reading

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by Max Hammonds, MD Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a devastating disease. It maims the victim long before it kills the victim by causing an increased incidence of heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, peripheral vascular failure with neurological pain and/or amputation being the most commonly known consequences. In 2010, 25 millionContinue Reading

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Part 1 of 2 by Bill Walz “Our suffering is holy if we embrace it and look deeply into it. If we don’t, it isn’t holy at all. We just drown in the ocean of our suffering.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of The Buddha’s Teaching In northern India,Continue Reading

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by Bill Walz “A meditative practice is not some “airy-fairy” process, but a way of getting in touch with our own life… it will have its effect on every phase of our life, on our relationships, our work, everything.”  ~ Charlotte Joko Beck, Everyday Zen What do we want fromContinue Reading

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Time to Realizationalize Yourself! by Greg Vineyard Sometimes the smallest decision can turn out to be quite the radical action. Take deciding whether to get out of bed, for example. If one does not arise, the chain of events of the day – both the very typical as well asContinue Reading

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Opened by Wonder by Carol Pearce Bjorlie, Rapid River Magazine Poetry Editor/Columnist My niece sent me a postcard with these words on the front: “I’d rather have a mind opened by WONDER, than one closed by belief.” Karen lives in Denver, CO, a good place for wondering. I’m going toContinue Reading

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by James Cassara Welcome to 2014! Let’s celebrate another trip around the sun with a few discs left over from last year (meaning I meant to cover them but kept running out of space) and a few brand new offerings. Mick Turner Don’t Tell The Driver Drag City Music It’sContinue Reading

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by Max Hammonds, MD In early November new guidelines were published for health care professionals to manage people at risk of cardiac or vascular (stroke) disease. The guidelines were written because the old guidelines did not 1) address the risk of stroke, 2) consider younger patients with risk factors butContinue Reading

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by Peter Loewer Some readers will recall the end of last month’s column. In brief: Curmudgeon suggested that the various members of the General Store Membership List might be persuaded to join him for a jaunt around the area, using his Chevy truck for the mode of transportation, promising anContinue Reading