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Self Knowledge By Cliff and Tatjana Eggink With each passing decade, we hope that our knowledge of self increases, and that we know our good as well as our less admirable qualities. You know that old saying, “the unexamined life is not worth living.” This is true within reason and we are no way suggesting that you should berate yourself or ruminate about those things that are past...

THE LONG SUCCESSFUL ROAD TO REDEMPTION In 2007, I was training quite vigorously with the goal of winning a national cycling time trial championship at the National Senior Games (aka Senior Olympics) in Louisville. I had only recently recovered from a broken neck suffered in a time trial event in late October of 2005 when an official stepped in my path as I raced towards the finish line....

I was feeling a little "stuck" in my weight loss progress and I expressed this to Keith St. Onge last Thursday. My weight had plateaued for weeks and nothing was budging from my body. "I know what you can do," he said. "Bikram Yoga!" I had heard about this previously from my niece, but couldn't imagine myself getting through a workout in a hot room. Heck, I usually counted the minutes until I...

“You should write a book.” I’d love to have a dollar for everyone who must have told Dara Torres that very thing after her amazing performance in Beijing. When the public demands a book, you write one. And Dara did. It hits the shelves this week. The book is called Age is Just a Number and I have not yet read it. But as a journalist, I covered Dara at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, her...

Well, I just got back from a most wonderful 2 weeks away 'on tour' and I must say I am tired and still reeling from all the events! All 3 concerts were a real joy to do. The St. Paul United Church of Christ and the MCC of Greater St. Louis were more than gracious and generous. I want to thank all who got these two...