Barbara Morris
How Retirees Shaped My Thoughts About Retirement
The last pharmacy I worked in was the best job I ever had because I was older than many retired customers and what I learned from them forever changed how I felt about retirement. They told me everything about themselves and the world they lived in. I listened intently, asked questions, and observed. It was a priceless education. I soaked it up like a sponge. I heard many comments and ideas with which I disagreed, but I said nothing. After all, I knew I was getting an education about a world and lifestyle I knew nothing about, but I wanted to learn. One of many things that surprised … Read more
Pat Garner
5 Easy Ways To Eat Healthy This Summer
This month I’m going to share 5 ways to help you eat healthy. I’m sure you’ll be able to relate and find an idea or two to help you stay on track. Clear out your pantry, fridge, and freezer of food items that you know aren’t good food choices. Give food away to family or friends or give non-perishable items to a local food bank. If you have vegetable oils like corn, soy, or canola, and even margarine, go ahead and toss those! You would be horrified once you know how vegetable oils are processed. If you’re unsure what’s considered “healthy” read the labels and if packaged products have a … Read more
Joyce L. Shafer
FAITHFUL vs. UNFAITHFUL
I was paragraphs into writing a draft of this article then realized it was for the July issue of the Journal. July 4, Independence Day, when patriotic USA citizens celebrate our inalienable rights as individuals and as members of an independent nation free from tyranny. What can cause this Freedom Train to go off the rails is when those in positions of authority, in any field, and or citizens, are unfaithful rather than faithful to the Laws of the Land. Knowingly Unfaithful to the Law = Believing One Is Above the Law. We are a Constitutional Republic, NOT a Democracy, as so many who know … Read more
Zenobia Silas-Carson
After The Hospital: Senior Style
Recently, I was in the hospital for all kinds of gastronomical shenanigans. This was not the first time, but as hospital stays go, I count it as one of the most traumatic. While affixed to my bed by multiple IVs and closed in by an annoying catheter, I reflected on how mentally debilitating a hospital stay can be for anyone, but especially for seniors. The nurses and attendants urge you to “rest” while barging into your room, turning on lights salvaged from a carnival, advising you of their intentions. “This will be just a little stick” or I have to change your padding” or whatever becomes … Read more
COVID
COVID – Injured Eric Clapton Speaks Up
The COVID theater continues and the deliberate haze surrounding the safety of the "vaccine" is clearing up. The lies and misrepresentations about COVID spread by CNN, MSNBC, as well as major networks are no longer swaying intelligent thinkers. The COVID situation is not about health, it's ultimately about establishing global control. It also aims to correct the number of individuals who overpopulate the world (according to Bill Gates). We need to keep asking ourselves WHY. In spite of all the negative side effects surfacing about the "vaccine", AND the reality that those who get the jab … Read more
Get To Know Zenobia Silas-Carson (and why we love her)
(The following is an excerpt from a press release A novel way to beat loneliness-1 It featured Zenobia and other creative seniors.) At 73, Zenobia Silas-Carson has been through enough life experiences to fill a book — maybe several books. She did well in school, married at 17, was physically abused, got divorced, spent time in jail, moved from Chicago to the Twin Cities, was homeless, got her general educational development (GED) diploma and attended community college. She had six children, wrote plays and poetry, got involved at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, organized a … Read more
Good Stuff To Know July 2021
Dr. David Sinclair: Why We Get Old And Why We Don't Have To https://youtu.be/9nXop2lLDa4 Want a longer, healthier life? Resolve your arguments by day's end A recent study found that when people feel they have resolved an argument, the emotional response associated with that disagreement is significantly reduced and, in some situations, almost entirely erased. Cannabis legalization and link to increase in fatal collisions The legalization of recreational cannabis may be associated with an increase in fatal motor vehicle collisions based on data from the … Read more
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