Articles written by JTR

Retired from teaching. Lafayette College Alumnus.

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: My hometown: 18 of 43

The asphalt slips by as I put on the miles and feel the breeze slip past. The sun blinks in and out as I pass under massive trees that witnessed the Revolution far in the dim past. It is a glorious feeling. I am free of the constraints of three thousand pounds of steel and plastic. I am free of the closed atmosphere of walls...
Health & Fitness > Diabetes Diabetes (Type II): Symptoms and treatment: 14 of 14

Symptoms and treatment of Type 2 Diabetes I had started feeling poorly at age 45. One day I started being constantly thirsty but I voided more water than I drank. I was losing a pound a day. This was weird. Finally, I got such pain across the middle of my back that radiated to my stomach. I felt like I was being squeezed by ...
Religion & Spirituality > Christianity (Other) The future for Christianity: 7 of 7

I believe in God, but in my own way. Formalized religious practices and formal religious leaders have led me to think that anyone who uses reason can figure out that there is a God without paying someone to do it. Science, the science of life and non-life, makes me think that life is too complicated to just evolve all by its...