Dog sitting my sister's dog gets me walking. Now we want one
My 10- to 20-minute walks with Chewy are often my only exercise. A 2017 study links dog ownership to more walking, but can't show the dog is the cause.
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In our house, the 6-foot skeleton moves on his own
We're the house with the inflatables, the lights and an evil-looking clown. Inside, the skeleton is somewhere new every day when my son gets home.
Silicon Valley's best feature isn't a building
I came from Australia more than 20 years ago expecting a tech mecca. What I live with instead is sunshine, redwoods, a reservoir trail 10 minutes from home and voice AI that lets me work on a walk, about an hour every other day.
The cough that keeps taking more out of me
After about two and a half weeks of coughing, my chest hurts, my voice is raspy and I’m exhausted. My coughs seem to have been lingering longer in recent years, though I haven’t identified a cause.
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A few minutes with a cup of tea
On some work-from-home afternoons, a cup of lemon ginger tea gives me a pause that is hard to explain — and feels good to take.
