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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
Resilience during the pandemic
Shared by our chaplain. 1. The 4 M’s: https://www.sharp.com/health-news/covid-19-coping-tools-for-older-adults.cfm 2. How the Elderly Can Manage the Mental Health Impacts of the COVID-19 Crisis By Noel McDermott https://www.todaysgeriatricmedicine.com/news/ex_031820.shtml 3. THE CONVERSATION – https://theconversation.com/the-loneliness-of-social-isolation-can-affect-your-brain-and-raise-dementia-risk-in-older-adults-141752 4. Students launch a hotline with jokes, stories … Continue reading
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Two virtual events from Age Friendly Seattle
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On at the Rep!
In partnership with Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep invites you to a free online broadcast of It Can’t Happen Here, an adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’ darkly satirical political novel. It Can’t Happen HereBy Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen, adapted from … Continue reading
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How would we communicate with alien life? Carl Sagan
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Not for your dinner
From Mike C: The picture shows Aminita muscaria (at Seattle University), which is poisonous, but not deadly. Some eat it for hallucinogenic effect. And put up with the vomiting and diarrhea. Aminita phalloides, which is white, is lethal and commonly … Continue reading
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Rats (some) may be leaving a sinking ship
October 16, 2020 Heather Cox Richardson Oct 17 The theme of the day was the palpable sense of rats leaving a sinking ship as Republicans, administration officials, and administration-adjacent people distanced themselves from the president. There was a foreshadowing of … Continue reading
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Voting information from the League of Women Voters
Thanks to Barb W! Monday, October 19 through Saturday, October 24 7 p.m. each evening Launched in 2016, Ballots & Baristas is a fun and collaborative way to learn more about the 2020 ballot … Continue reading
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Terry Avenue – plans for the future
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Handling plastic waste
Exhibit outside of the dining room–thanks to Mike C!
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Market to Mohai
Want to see the city with new eyes? Try this link: https://www.markettomohai.org/. Thanks to Mary M!
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New definitions
The Washington Post yearly word contest (not associated with the Washington Post newspaper) has also published the winning submissions in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. Thanks to Sybil-Ann! 1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one … Continue reading
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Age Friendly Seattle Updates
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Go Dawgs
From U Wash President Ana Mari Cauce’s Annual Address. Thanks to Ann M!
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MAKE A BEST FRIEND TODAY AND THE WORLD A MORE ACCESSIBLE PLACE
Thanks to Ann M.
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Sharks and fish hooks – how to make friends
Thanks to Donna D!
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These states are ditching Columbus Day to observe Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead
A statue of Christopher Columbus at a downtown Los Angeles park is surrounded by a chain-link fence on October 9, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. The city council voted in August to replace Columbus Day, today, with Indigenous People’s Day, … Continue reading
Kaiser Health News – October 2020
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