Why We're Getting Fat

“The answers to all of life’s questions are on the internet and this is why I don’t get out and walk. Things I might’ve had to walk to the library to find out are in my computer on my desk. So here I am.”

—Garrison Keillor, sedentary recovering English major, “Last night I went to sleep by my girl,” Garrison Keillor and Friends, Sept. 29, 2021.

• Editorial Comment: Libraries are lonely, too.

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Get out this weekend. Dance with a tree.

 

 

 

The October issue of SENIOR NEWS is scary good. Online here.

 

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
Today's WORD on Journalism