R. O. M.
Italian painter Eugenio Zampighi lived in the second half of the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. His artistic style was...
Annus Horribilis
Members of European royalty are no strangers to drama. Twice in the last 30 years they designated a certain year as an Annus Horribilis...
Elbow Room
Remember when you were little and your mom hasn’t yet lost hope to instill good table manners in you, she would say: “Keep your elbows...
Move!
Although this is going to be about muscles and joints, I will not bore you with anatomical diagrams. Look instead at these paintings of...
Things Reveal Themselves
Earlier today I completed a 60 minute massage treatment, washed hands, chatted with the client, collected the payment, replaced the...
Here and Now
When whole countries are on a lock-down and you can’t travel overseas or go on a cruise, when Canada cancels hockey and Costco is out of...
Good for Calgary - Good for You
If you sometimes look at my Facebook page and the blog, you might have noticed that I haven’t written anything since November. Was it...
Pain at the End of the Tunnel
In the Spanish Inquisition section of the Medieval Torture Museum in Amsterdam, among such pain tools as the Rack, the Pear of Anguish...
Magicians and Massagicians
Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch lived 500 years ago, but like all real art, his paintings carry their meaning through the passage of time....
Should Massage Hurt?
“If you can’t help others, at least don’t hurt them” said Dalai Lama. As massage therapists, we do both, and there is a fair measure of...
