A primer for my friends of middle-age

The Writer's Almanac by Prairie Home Productions

Feb 1, 20257:43Arts

There is always an excuse for not exercising, a religious prohibition, some hereditary syndrome that makes you feel desperate when you breathe hard, an allergic reaction to your own perspiration, but these can be overcom...

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