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This COVID Thing – It’s More Than A Virus
No question about it. During the current (and seemingly endless) COVID situation, many people have gotten extremely sick and many died. Anyone who says COVID isn't real, is wrong. That said, something doesn't seem right. Let's step back in time when there were a variety of horrendous flu epidemics that killed huge numbers of individuals. How were those epidemics … [Read more...] about This COVID Thing – It’s More Than A Virus
I’m On The Senior Watch List
Let me explain how I got on the Senior Watch List. You want to know what that is? It is when you have any kind of health event and your adult children deem you a safety risk and begin purchasing senior safety stuff. Uh-huh. One month ago, I was minding my business and doing what I always do, which is normally too much, okay? I have the usual aches and pains that come with … [Read more...] about I’m On The Senior Watch List
Not Your Ordinary Sand Castle – Revisited For Such A Time As This
It’s the third week in September 2020 as I write this, which includes an article I wrote in 2007, about an event that happened in 1991. Candidly, I’ve made minor tweaks here and there, to remove any New Age references in the original article, as I’ve wisely, thankfully, exchanged New Age for the Rock of Ages. Contemporary comments are at the end of it. I hope you’ll see why … [Read more...] about Not Your Ordinary Sand Castle – Revisited For Such A Time As This
Deep Roots – Strong Branches
If you are a reader of Put Old on Hold, you are likely of an age when and a mindset in which you are increasingly inclined to reflect on how your life-lessons-learned have influenced who you have become and importantly, on how you can pass those lessons along to future generations. There is an African proverb which teaches, “When the roots are deep, there is no reason to … [Read more...] about Deep Roots – Strong Branches
You Are More Competent Than You Think
One of the many things in our culture that makes me crazy and needs to change is the belief in a simple but powerful equation that rules and ruins too many lives: Advanced chronological age equals incompetence. Your chronological "number" (age) is most important and more telling of your mental and physical competence than anything else. Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! From year … [Read more...] about You Are More Competent Than You Think
Why Do We Eat When We’re Not Hungry?
So, why DO we eat when not hungry? Here’s my top 10 list and probably yours, too: Someone said we need to eat 3 meals plus snacks every day, or we’ll die. We have nothing else to do so we eat. We’re addicted to sugar and we just eat more sugar. Comfort food is yummy. To deal with our stuff. To be social – someone took the time to make something, so I better … [Read more...] about Why Do We Eat When We’re Not Hungry?
Good Stuff To Know September 2020
Memory loss reversed or abated in those with cognitive decline Researchers sought to determine whether a comprehensive and personalized program, designed to mitigate risk factors of Alzheimer's disease could improve cognitive and metabolic function in individuals experiencing cognitive decline. … [Read more...] about Good Stuff To Know September 2020
Do YOUR Thing, Not THEIRS
Remember your youth? Your first day of school… Your first time to the movies? Your first date? Your first anything… Depending on your culture, each of these memories will conjure up specific feelings, memories, and peer pressures. I’m willing to argue that “peer pressure” is just a less threatening way to say “brainwash”. Brainwash? Propaganda? Nah, that’s just the way … [Read more...] about Do YOUR Thing, Not THEIRS
All You Need Is Love . . . The Right Kind
I was thinking about olive oil the other day. In the Bible, anytime someone was to receive a special blessing from God, olive oil was poured on the person’s head. How is olive oil obtained? Olives are pressed. The fact is that we have a whole lotta pressing going on these days. Some people being pressed and squeezed, whatever the cause, release vitriol, rather than the oil of a … [Read more...] about All You Need Is Love . . . The Right Kind