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On Nature’s Perversity

May 27, 2015
by Caroline Miller
If I ruled the world., interval training, Nature's world isn't perfect, the health value of sweat
2 Comments

There’s a line in the Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam that, in flowery language says,  it would be great if we could remake the world nearer to our heart’s desire. I think it’s a fair objective, particularly as Nature’s design often diverges from my ideal. 

 If I ruled the world, lying on a couch with a stack of books and a box of chocolates near at hand would be the highest form of exercise.  Crème puffs would be defined as a vegetable and  doctors would prescribe hot fudge sundaes as a heart tonic.   If I ruled the world, talking with friends over lattes in a café would be aerobic exercise and reclining for hours on a tropical beach would promote skin health.

 In sum, I don’t understand why Nature chooses to make broccoli good for me but not pecan pie. 

 When it comes to exercise, one of my biggest hurdles is that I hate to sweat.  I abhor having my hair stick to my forehead while puddles form under my arm pits. My idea of an aerobic exercise is to let the wind blow through my hair. 

 Lately, science seems to conspire with Nature to make life more difficult.  No longer is moderate excise as good for me as once thought.  Instead, it must be of a certain intensity.  Research has revealed that we benefit most from exercise when we — I hate to say it — sweat.  (“Health & Science,” The Week, 4/24/25 pg. 19.)   A 6 year study of men and women over the age of 45 found that “those who regularly broke a sweat with activities such as jogging or playing competitive tennis had a mortality rate 13 percent lower than those who stuck to more gentle exercise.” (Ibid pg. 19.)   Interval training — a mix of short bursts of energy  combined easier moves – provides maximum value.   No, wolfing down an  éclair, no matter how fast, doesn’t count.

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  1. Judy Farrell May 27, 2015 at 5:16 pm Reply
    I'm with you all the way on this one, Caroline. Today on the way to Grand Central Bakery, I parked 1/2 block away so that I could purchase TWO of their fabulous cinnamon rolls.....1/2 block for roll #1, and 1/2block back to the car for roll #2!!!! Not only that, while I was there, I copied their recipe so that now I can make this treat at home and no walking is require!
    • Caroline Miller May 27, 2015 at 6:17 pm Reply
      I like your calorie mathematics. 1/2 block per cinnamon roll. Yeah that works for me.

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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.

Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015

Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens.  She also published the story Gustav Pavel,  a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.

Caroline has published four novels

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  • Trompe l’Oeil
  • Gothic Spring
  • Heart Land

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