The Poetry of Death
I attended a writers retreat recently. The instructor was poet Erin Hollowell of Homer, Alaska. Her forthcoming collection of poetry is about the death of her mother (and sex, for […]
Tag Archives: Longevity
Birth Order and Longevity
I thought that I heard that first-born children were longer lived and I was going to write this post in order to rub it in to my two younger brothers. […]
Personality, Genes, And Longevity
Some of my writer friends build their characters based on personality types. Whether they choose to set two characters on opposite ends of the Meyers-Briggs evaluation, or pit type A […]
The Liver and Longevity
A bog post titled Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: America’s Greatest Health Risk of 2015? caught my eye since my blog is all about longevity and aging. I don’t know if it’s […]
Sun Spots and Age Spots
It’s northern light season here in Fairbanks. I see them sometimes when I run outside to my outhouse and run back (it’s -35 F right now). Most displays last a […]
Theories of Aging- Rate-of-Living Theory
My dad and I used to watch the Indianapolis 500 Race each Memorial day. Three and a half hours and 200 laps of excitement. It always happened on Sunday, so we ate […]
Theories of Aging- This Cell Will Self-Destruct…
In an earlier post I discussed one of Alaska’s Pacific salmon. They have a life cycle that appears to benefit their species. They are born in streams, travel to the ocean where there […]
