LIFESTYLE
5 simple ways to boost your energy levels
For many people, fatigue is most common around midafternoon, when the workday starts to drag and that hefty midday meal has inspired thoughts of catnaps.
By Staff , February 04, 2013
Woodbury man’s startup provides free access to gyms, personal trainers
Woodbury resident Nick Boyer, a personal trainer at the Woodbury YMCA, demonstrates exercise techniques at the Y. He launched a program that provides gym memberships and personal trainer-services for those who can’t afford them.
By Mike Longaecker , February 04, 2013
Book Report: Going back keeps stories going
Sometimes an author doesn’t realize he’s got a good thing going and plunges on ahead when he might well have done better had he looked back.
By Dave Wood, columnist , February 01, 2013
Getting Started: Tips for the Beginning Runner
The New Year is often when people of all ages and fitness levels consider starting a new running routine.
By Tracy L. Yoder, Ph.D., Contributor , February 01, 2013
Losing pounds & gaining happiness
O’Neal Hampton remembers the nights he used to spend lounging on the couch at his Richfield, Minn., home with a bag of potato chips by his side and “The Biggest Loser” playing on the television in front of him.
By Regan Carstensen , January 30, 2013
Book Report: The rise and fall of empires
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert…Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The long and level sands stretch far away.
—Ozymandias by Percy Shelley
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 23, 2013
Confessions and pointers of a luxury hotel employee
Heads up! We’ve got a book about heads this week, “Heads in Beds,” by Jacob Tomsky (Doubleday, $25.95).
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 17, 2013
Book Report: Railway images take me down the tracks
I often receive books that make me think of old friends and relatives no longer here to enjoy them.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 11, 2013
Book Report: Finally, my chance to critique a bestseller
After a quarter century of book reviewing, I guess it’s time for me to admit that until recently, I never read a novel by bestselling author John Grisham.
By Dave Wood, columnist , January 03, 2013
Book Report: Minnesota writers shine bright
“Thirty Rooms to Hide In,” by Luke Longstreet Sullivan (University of Minnesota Press, $24.95) has a subtitle that sort of grabs you: “Insanity, Addiction, and Rock ‘n’ Roll in the Shadow of the Mayo Clinic.”
By Dave Wood, columnist , December 28, 2012
Book Report: Not one, but many for the history books
Have a history buff on your holiday guest list? You won’t be disappointed to find all manner of biography and serious history new to bookshelves this winter.
By Dave Wood, columnist , December 21, 2012
Book Report: Take your pick, there's something for everyone
Someone on your holiday gift list who likes to read books by and about
characters in the upper Midwest? There’s a plethora in that category
this year. If your target is politics, try “Minnesota’s Miracle,” by Tom
Berg (University of Minnesota Press, $22.95, paper). Berg served in the
Minnesota State Legislature in the seventies when politicos got things done.
By Dave Wood, columnist , December 13, 2012
Woodbury siblings surrounded by song
Music takes a high priority at the Nelson household.
By Mike Longaecker , December 12, 2012
Book Report: Give the gift of a local author
The holiday season is upon us and the search for appropriate gifts has begun.
By Dave Wood, columnist , December 06, 2012
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