Walking in the Forest.
Just read an article on FB that explained that a scientist
discovered that walking in the forest would make a person healthier.
BREAKING: A
scientist in Japan demonstrated that the air inside a forest can strengthen
your immune system for a full month.
Immunologist Qing Li of Nippon Medical School in Tokyo took
12 men on a three-day forest trip consisting of slow walks with no special
breathing exercises or set routes.
Blood tests afterward showed a clear surge in natural killer
cells — the immune cells that help the body fight viruses and cancerous cells.
The elevated levels were still measurable 30 days later.
A control group that walked the same distance through a city
showed no change at all.
Pine, cedar, and cypress trees release airborne compounds
called phytoncides as a natural defense. When people breathe them in, these
compounds appear to activate immune cells.
Li’s research suggests that one forest walk a month may be
enough to keep those cells elevated throughout the year.
Sometimes the best medicine does not require a prescription
— just time among the trees.
Now we can wish for a forest in which to walk. Of course,
down in Montague County they have bunches of trees—mostly black jack oak—but they
also have oodles of snakes in the leaf mold under those trees. Copperheads are
pretty happy in the woods, don’t you see. So, if we go walking in some woods,
let’s be sure we wear some heavy-duty walking boots. Sigh.
Walking outside right now has to be done in the early part
of the day due to the heat. This morning, Julian came and brought his truck and
trailer with a load of dirt in it. He tried his best to fill up the big hole
next to the pavement (concrete) on our street where we pull into the end off
Kemp to go onto Fenoglio. Not sure just how that hole came about, but here’s
guessing that the hole they dug across the road had a lot to do with it after
they covered it over with more concrete. The hole that crossed the road was not
sufficiently tamped with filler or it would not have washed out. When he finished filling that hole, Julian
went back for another load of dirt that he scraped up with his tractor and put
into his trailer. With that load, he filled in a hole that was sinking out
where Grandma Dickerson’s septic tank used to be. Not just sure what caused
that, but maybe the extra dirt on top will help level it out. Now, could think
about getting him to put another large load into the old cellar. But that will
wait. He said we could spray the fence line some evening late so that the weed
killer will actually have a chance to do some good. The containers are too
heavy for me to carry around, so we will use an extra container for some of it
and be able for both of us to spray the stuff that needs to be killed. He may
later be able to cut some tree branches and haul those off.
Oncor left a thing on my door to say that they are going to
come out and cut the trees out of the electric lines. It would be nice to know exactly
when they are coming so that the dogs could be kept in, but it may not be
necessary for them to even come in the yard since they have those big trucks
with extension buckets to work from a distance. This has needed to be done for
the longest, so hip, hip, hooray for the tree company!
The other day at Bible study, Judy said that someone was
saying that we needed to have a business meeting, but that no one stayed after
services for the meetings. Maybe the business meeting would work out better if
it were early on Wednesday morning before Bible study. Two birds. Just
thinking.
Bought three peaches today. Don’t know where they were
grown, but you can bet it was not in Wichita or Clay County! Our hot weather
peaches have a flavor that doesn’t come off mealy at all. These taste ok, but
they simply are not the same as what we grow in this area. If the old woman
were not so lazy, she would go to the downtown market to pick up some real
Charlie peaches. Sigh.
Guess it is time to go read the lesson for this coming
Sunday. Last week the old woman had the class somewhat frosted by speaking
about things that they had not read in their books for that lesson. Sigh. Oh
well. Maybe this week will be better.
Listening to some of our congressmen talk about the illegal
immigrants and the problems they have caused is about enough to get one’s
temper up beyond boiling. As the law stands now, if a naturalized citizen
becomes an agent for terrorism after five years as a naturalized citizen, that
person can not be deported. That is just ridiculous! And anyone who will not
take the oath of citizenship should NEVER be allowed to become a citizen! If
our judicial system actually worked the way it should, we would not have as
many crazy criminals running around out on the streets after being arrested for
their second, third or other number of aggravated assaults! This is just
insanity!
Meanwhile, we need to come up with a better way of handling
the terrorists in Iran and those who are supported by them. Those boats over in
the ocean with terrorists on them should be taken out one by one. No sense
leaving them to cause trouble. They simply are NOT fishing boats.
We all need to pray for some good answers to the problems
facing our president and those who are helping him. Our entire nation is going
to become a mess of frustration if we don’t find some answers. May God help our
nation and its leaders to see the answers and have the backbone to get things
done.
Meanwhile, let us pray for the firefighters and all other
service personnel. May God protect and direct them.
Rest well, my friends. You are loved.
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