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Author Archives: Jim deMaine
Pill-Swallowing Methods for Simplifying Medication Administration
Thanks to Sandy J. Anne-Marie Botek According to an online Harris Interactive poll, about 40 percent of American adults have trouble swallowing pills. Commonly cited issues include gagging, a lingering aftertaste from an incomplete swallow and having a pill become … Continue reading
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Day 7 of the Happiness Challenge from the NYT: Keep Happiness Going All Year Long
By Jancee Dunn We have reached the seventh and final day of the Happiness Challenge! Congratulations on your efforts to take care of your emotional, psychological, and physical health by building and strengthening your connections. You’ve assessed your social universe, made … Continue reading
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Lesson to be learned from one typing the wrong email address!
Thanks to Frank C. A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida tothaw out during a particularly icy winter Theyplanned to stay at the same hotel where they hadspent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult … Continue reading
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Day 6 of the Happiness Challenge from the NYT: Don’t Cancel Those Plans
Ed note: This challenge takes only a little effort–and is so important for our health and happiness. What ways can you think of to improve our connectedness? Perhaps allowing more singles to walk in to the dining room for lunch … Continue reading
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Shakespeare, lost socks and the laundromat
Being curious about the coming availability of artificial intelligence (AI), I logged in and signed up to use ChatGPT. It’s a forerunner demonstrating some of the possibilities of massive databases that can be put to use – both good and … Continue reading
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Day 5 of the NYT Happiness Challenge: The Importance of Work Friends
Ed note: Although retired, many of us still “work,” that is, we volunteer on committees, in our faith groups or in the community at large. A friend found there will have common loves and interests–another step in personal happiness. It’s … Continue reading
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An update from WACCRA
Ed note: The Washington State Continuing Care Resident’s Association is the advocacy body for rights of residents residing in CCRCs. If you’re not a WACCRA (click to learn more) member, please consider joining and supporting their activities.
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Visit the nearby Memory Hub
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Day 4 of the NYT Happiness Challenge: Why You Should Write a ‘Living Eulogy’
By Jancee Dunn This is Day 4 of Well’s 7-Day Happiness Challenge. To start at the beginning, click here. For today’s exercise, we’re going to get vulnerable and tell an important person in our lives how we feel about them. “Think … Continue reading
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Day 3 of the happiness challenge: Small Talk Has Big Benefits
Often on my daily neighborhood walk, I pass a woman and her dachshund, who used to bark at me frantically. I found it irritating. One day, on a whim, I decided to go beyond our customary nods. I asked her … Continue reading
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Day 2 of the happiness challenge: The Secret Power of the 8-Minute Phone Call
I just had an eight-minute call with my good friend Tina, whom I’ve known for over three decades. I could never seem to connect with her (she has a very demanding job) until I sent her a text last week … Continue reading
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Day 1 of the 7 day happiness challenge: Take Stock of Your Relationships
Ed note: When’s the last time you sent a note or visited someone you haven’t connected with for some time? Have you visited a friend in the Terraces? Sent a note of appreciation to someone affecting your life? Or have … Continue reading
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Panda, panda, panda …..
Thanks to Pam P. Although it’s not a great time to visit China, I hope you someday get to see the visitor and research center in Chendu.
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US Postal Service to purchase 66,000 electric delivery vehicles in major shift
Thanks to Pam P. By UMAR SHAKIR from The Verge The United States Postal Service said that it will add 66,000 fully electric delivery vehicles to its aging and polluting fleet of trucks. The mail agency agreed to spend $9.6 billion on 106,000 … Continue reading
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Pictures of the year from the NYT
Make sense of the day’s news and ideas. David Leonhardt and Times journalists guide you through what’s happening — and why it matters. Get it sent to your inbox. Photographers for The New York Times trod around the globe in 2022 … Continue reading
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New Year’s Eve Celebration with The Jewel Tones
We were treated to a mixture of Motown songs bringing back memories of Diana Ross, The Supremes, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, The Jackson 5, The Temptations and Gladys Knight. The staff at Skyline provided a lovely atmosphere celebrating the arrival … Continue reading
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Camp Lewis 91st Division football team plays the Mare Island Marines in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1918.
Thanks to Bob P. This article was published on History Link by Duane Colt Denfeld, Ph.D. On January 1, 1918, two armed-services football teams, composed largely of former star college players now on active duty, meet in the 1918 Rose … Continue reading
Being a woman
For more commentary, please read Erma Bombeck’s book, “Motherhood the Second Oldest Profession.”
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Engineering for Grief
Universally as we age, we can unfortunately experience loss and grief. The following is an essay from the current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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The Old Man & a Bucket of Shrimp
Great true story🎄 Thanks to Sybil-Ann You will be glad that you read it, especially those who know Key Biscayne, Florida. I hope you’ll pass it on. It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun resembled a … Continue reading
A Christmas message from two Presidents – one with hope and grace; one with anger and lies
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