Unfit There was a time, not too long ago, when I relished my fitness routines. I was a jogger first, then Jazzercise, Pilates, Zumba, yoga, and usually some walking was mixed in there. My yoga instructor moved to a new city and then the pandemic hit. I have not read much about its effect on […]
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All my life I was intrigued by Italy. The very name of this country evoked fanciful images: Sophia Loren, gondolas, paintings by Michelangelo. When I was young, in the 1950s, Italian food often meant the ethnic food we were introduced to, via poor imitations in our fast-food culture. There was spaghetti in cans (Chef Boyardee)
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NOPE People who have healthy relationships enjoy better health. They have a better immune system and a longer life. How do I know this? I just attended a wonderful Zoom seminar presented by Vasavi Kanneganti, LCSW (a licensed social worker and mental health therapist) affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, Texas. The sponsoring organization was
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NOPE People who have healthy relationships enjoy better health. They have a better immune system and a longer life. How do I know this? I just attended a wonderful Zoom seminar presented by Vasavi Kanneganti, LCSW (a licensed social worker and mental health therapist) affiliated with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, Texas. The sponsoring organization was
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Password Insecurity Technology tricked us. The evolution of the internet and all the ease it offered to our lives came with a wickedly insidious condition. The internet became a crime-filled zone which required ever increasing vigilance. I remember a time when I had two codes I had to remember. One code, four digits long, was
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It’s In The Cards My first memories of Valentine’s Day are way back in kindergarten. There was a frisson of excitement as we heard about this holiday from the nuns at my Catholic school. Of course, there was a saint involved in this celebration, as in most other celebrations we were to have. In the
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It’s In Your Mind Yesterday had been uneventful. Daylight was fading to dark gray, and I was preparing to have a glass of wine when my husband’s phone rang. I could vaguely hear a mumbled male voice on the call, and there was a bit of gravity in both the tone and the dragging pace
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Death, Continued My cellphone rings and I hear a very low, urgent whispering. “You won’t believe where I am. Forest Lawn Cemetery! I’ll call you when we finish this appointment.” My friend Athena calls me later to fill me in on her cemetery visit. “We are making plans for our (her and her husband’s) burial.
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Intrusions A long time ago, in the 1970s, people did not have cellphones. A very few people had boxy “mobile” phones, but those were rare. Most people had one telephone number, and never knew who was calling. If one was single, as I was then, the phone was essential to one’s social life, as dates
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Sign Language My sisters still jockey for position in the caregiving of my mother. The situation has deteriorated into a category which could be deemed “unhealthy communication.” They no longer have positive conversations about daily issues. For instance, preparation was underway for a hand-off so that the main caregiver sister could resume her role after
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