The May issue of the Townsend Letter included an article titled What Causes Heart Attacks by Dr. Thomas Cowan.  Using a broad array of research Cowan explains why artery blockage is not particularly related to heart attacks and that heart attacks are more related to the function of the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system.  The parasympathetic system, among a […]

How was your Christmas? How was your year? Where did you go? What did you do? What sights did you see? What air did you breathe? What textures did you feel? What photos did you take? What paintings did you paint? What poems did you write? What brought you joy? What are your plans for […]

According to Oxford Economics in a report for the U.S. Travel Association: Americans are taking less vacation time than at any point in the last nearly four decades. In 2013, employees entitled to paid time off (PTO) took an average of 16 days of vacation compared to an average of 20 days as recently as 2000. Among […]

“Nature deficit disorder describes the human costs of alienation from nature, among them: diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and emotional illness.  The disorder can be detected in individuals, families and communities.” Richard Louv in Last Child in the Woods. Need a cure?  Find some trees, take a walk – […]