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Tag: health

  • Days of the Dead

    When you study history or other cultures you might be surprised at the amount of death that is incorporated in their art and holidays. Painters used to include Memento Mori, like tiny skulls as reminders of our mortality. The Mexicans celebrate Dias de los Muertos in the fall and the Chinese have Qing Ming in…

  • For Your Health

    For the last two months, I’ve been getting letters in the mail telling me I need to renew my information with the Oregon Health Department. It’s something I have to do every year in order to apply to buy health insurance off of the Affordable Care Act Exchange (aka Obamacare). I normally don’t procrastinate on…