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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
Why are some people left handed
I’m a pure rightie but in my family there are lefties and some with traits of both. One of my sons throws right in baseball, bats left and in soccer, kicks left. Gordon G sends along this interesting video essay. … Continue reading
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Six Word Stories!
By Ann Milam Ernest Hemingway’s award-winning story was featured in our last Bulletin. Sitting in the Algonquin Hotel bar, friends bet Ernest Hemingway that he couldn’t write a story in only six words that would make them cry. With ten … Continue reading
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Do you have 10 minutes in the morning?
Herbert Benson (born 1935), is an American medical doctor, cardiologist, and founder of the Mind/Body Medical Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. He is a professor of mind/body medicine at Harvard Medical School and director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI) at MGH. He is a … Continue reading
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These are the 25 most intriguing commercial projects around Seattle – Redmond to Renton
By Marc Stiles – Staff Writer, Puget Sound Business JournalJul 11, 2019, 10:00am EDT Ed note: Click here to access the side show of 25 important construction projects in the aear Vulcan Real Estate is moving aggressively ahead with two huge mixed-use office … Continue reading
Posted in Business, environment, Finance, In the Neighborhood
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How easy it is to make fake videos – and how to spot them
Thanks to Gordon G!
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Why do our bodies age?
Thanks to Gordon G for sending in this link
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Full Life Care Benefit Luncheon
This is a Transforming Age Affiliated Organization Come support Full Life Care with friends and colleagues. This annual fundraising event features a guest speaker, an excellent meal and the opportunity to learn more. Your support helps provide home- and community-based … Continue reading
How to dress like a gentleman in the 18th century
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The secret history of smokejumpers in Washington’s Methow Valley
Now a staple in combating wildfires across the West, barnstormers and foresters developed one of the most elite firefighting programs here in Washington. by Sarah Hoffman in Crosscut. A jumper lands during the U.S. Forest Service’s experimental smokejumping program in 1939 in … Continue reading
Someday it will happen
Thanks to Dorothy W for finding this.
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September 11, 2001
By Mary Jane Francis Streaming, screaming, careening thru the streets… It was unimaginable. Truly, un-imaginable! Nothing in my imagination even came close to what I would see later on a large screen TV in the middle of the night. … Continue reading
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The Trick to Life Is to Keep Moving
By Devi Lockwood in the NYT For many people, roommates and romances are the most important relationships of their late teens and early 20s. For me it was Cora Brooks, a poet and activist 51 years my senior. She taught me … Continue reading
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What do you see in the park?
Thanks to Margarete B & Gordon G. Two strangers “see” together.
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Weight-loss surgery linked to fewer heart attacks and deaths
Death and heart complications were 40 percent less common in people with obesity and diabetes when they had bariatric surgery SEATTLE, September 2, 2019—Weight-loss surgery performed in patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity is associated with a lower risk … Continue reading
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Bob Newhart on His Secretly Sick Humor and Turning 90
Ed note: Bob Newhart is still going at 90! He attributes laughter as an assist to aging well and a long happy marriage. He’s still fun to watch! LOS ANGELES in the NYT — Bob Newhart didn’t invent stand-up comedy, … Continue reading
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A Constructive Contrarian’s Thoughts on Medicare for All
Thanks to Don Philips for sending this article for us to ponder. I agree that costs in health care are unchecked and a major problem. But the fixes are fraught with all kinds of difficult issues. I don’t think the … Continue reading
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Check out the beauty on the roof!
Someone took these lovely photos of the Hibiscus now in bloom. Will the photographer please come forward?!
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So how’s this blog doing
Here’s a brief report. Over the past month the average views of the blog have been about 75/day with a high of 210 and a low of 48. Subscribers to the blog number 88 – and get notified with each … Continue reading
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Ways to prevent falls – in addition to Skyline’s evidence based SAIL program
Thanks to Margarete B for sending this along from the NYT