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Category: Health and Fitness
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Since then, folks keep asking, “when will be get back to normal?” The answer is never, forget about it!
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Are we there yet? This was a constant refrain on road trips when we were kids. Now in the 21st week of most folks’ isolation life we are asking “are we done, yet?” NO we are not done—not even close. There are still lots of folks who deny there’s a very contagious disease out there.…
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I think we can all agree there is definitely something happening here. Today (May 16, 2020) the World Chart reads: United States Coronavirus Cases: 1,484,579, Deaths: 88,523 Even so, there is a segment of stupids who still believe it is all a hoax, the numbers are inflated, precautions are a violation of their civil rights…
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What’s going on in your brain these days? Here are a few things that keep me up at night. What was the deal with the run on toilet paper? Some of us have issues with tissues and were a bit concerned, and relieved when all the panic buying leveled out. I still count the squares…
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As with most of my fellow Americans, I’ve spent the past two weeks perfecting the art of social distancing. All across the country schools, retail stores and offices restaurants, theaters, gym… were mandated closed. A brand new sort of abnormal daily life is being created from one moment to the next as our lives changed…
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Today I began reading Patti Smith’s Year of the Monkey. I’m not sure I (a mere mortal) could do her writing any justice by trying to describe it’s lyrical beauty. But, the way it makes my mind wander is a good thing. The Year of the Monkey begins as Smith is spending a few days…
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The older you get the more time you spend in doctors’ offices. Plus, because I volunteer for an organization that facilitates rides to medical appointments for seniors who cannot drive, I am sometimes left sitting in doctors’ offices for long periods of time. Most waiting rooms are solemn places with ailing strangers crowded together at…
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Back when my husband Richard and I first got together, our respective children were very young. My son JB was 11, his daughters Maria was 6 going on 7 and Linda was 5. Every weekend we were challenged to find free or cheap activities to keep them occupied. It wasn’t too hard 35 years ago…
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