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  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: L

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable L is for Laughter I stumbled across an article from the Mayo Clinic while googling the health benefits of laughter. In the article, Dr. Edward T. Creagan, an oncologist, comments on the health benefits of laugher, which is my “L” word today. Imagine my surprise as a… Read more

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: K

    Aging: the Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable K is for Keep It Moving Twyla Tharp’s book is different from the usual books and articles I’ve read on “successful” aging that focus on scientific studies. Twyla mixes common sense, creative motivation, and lots of interesting anecdotal stories about famous folks, mostly in the arts, such… Read more

  • Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: J

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable J is for Jump The older woman stood in front of me, hands on her hips, “You know old people can’t jump.”  Frankly, I didn’t. She had taken part in an exercise program I choreographed to the oldie’s songs that included a couple of jumps. I was… Read more

  • Reblogging A to Z Letter I

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  • Blogging from A to Z April Challenge: I

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable I is for Immediacy I return to the book: The Gift of Years by Joan Chittister. She writes about immediacy. Here’s what she says: ‘Act your age’ can be useful advice when you’re 17; it’s a mistake when you’re 77. When we start acting old, however old… Read more

  • Blogging from A to Z Challenge: H

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable H is for Hearing My 20-year-old grandson told me that his friend has the same hearing aids that I have. I was showing him how I can program my hearing aids on my I Phone to provide different sound levels and clarity depending on where I was.… Read more