
The Season of Joy has arrived. The holidays are festive and beautiful, centered on family, friends and gatherings.

In a world that moves at the speed of the Internet, the details of life’s best relationships can speed by in blips, missed by the distracted eye. It’s difficult to remember that walking, as a mode of transportation, was the most common way to move about only 150 years ago.

What are you doing on Thanksgiving? Let me guess. Dinner with family or friends and the guest of honor will be a Big Bird. We Americans love our turkey dinner.

Director Martin Scorsese’s new movie, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” tells the true story of a string of murders on the Osage Nation’s land in Oklahoma in the 1920s. Based on David Grann’s meticulously researched 2017 book, the movie delves into racial and family dynamics that rocked Oklahoma to the core when oil was discovered on Osage lands.

Running cross country is not a casual sport. Training takes a lot of dedication, and come race day, you push yourself to your body’s limits. Most races are 5 kilometers or about 3.1 miles. The course is over rough ground, grass, gravel, dirt and mud. Maintaining cadence and pace can be challenging.