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Continue reading →: The End of SummerFinally, I could open a window this morning and feel air–the temperature is in the low 70’s and there’s very low humidity. It is indescribably wonderful. Living in New York City this summer has been challenging– with relentless humidity combining with high temperatures to make walking laborious, entering the subway…
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Continue reading →: This Summer’s Heat! Wow.This summer’s heat and humidity in New York City have been seemingly never-ending. I believe we’ve already topped the record for 90 degree days in any year and it’s only the first full week in August. Today, mercifully, the temperature is in the 70’s after the deluge of rain fell…
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Continue reading →: Frustratingly Small Bathroom Towels!We all know there are so many problems in the world now: a polarized country, wars, injustice, poverty, climate change are the ones that spring to mind for me. So why am I addressing an issue as absurd as the size of the paper towel that comes out of many…
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Avoiding Pedestrian Accidents at Intersections!
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Continue reading →: Avoiding Pedestrian Accidents at Intersections!Whenever I read about pedestrian accidents in NYC, they often take place at intersections and, many times, the person was hit by a turning car. Just last week, a 78 year old woman was fatally hit by an SUV in NYC as it made a left turn on the Upper…
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Continue reading →: The Problem of Drinking Too Much Water in NYCThere’s a real problem drinking too much water in NYC. How much is too much water? Harvard Health gives these recommendations: “How much water should you drink a day? Most people need about four to six cups of plain water each day.” The problem with drinking this much water is…
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Continue reading →: Getting Covid Memorial Day Weekend 2024!I got diagnosed with Covid this week, days before the Memorial Day holiday weekend. It’s my first Covid bout. I’m not really surprised it finally caught up with me after 4-plus years. Early on in the pandemic, I heard one Covid authority say that, eventually, we’ll all get it, one…
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Continue reading →: Learn to Love Wall-Sits to Age Gracefully in NYC!A wall sit is either an incredible exercise or a form of punishment. I would argue that if you want to age well and age gracefully in New York City, you must learn to like them and, more importantly, do them regularly. First, what is a wall sit? How do…
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Continue reading →: Hand-Written Card Messages are Wonderful!I’d like to address communicating, and how we communicate! My family exchanges cards on Mother’s Day. I have 2 children, 2 children-in-law, and 5 grandchildren. I received many wonderful cards from them. Several were totally homemade (from grandchildren), the others store-bought, but all had hand-written card messages to me about…
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Continue reading →: Be Optimistic! You’ll Live Longer!There are many articles about the benefits of being an optimistic person to both your mental and physical health https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2894461/. In fact, “thinking positively” to stay healthy and live longer was one of “The 7 Keys to Living Longer and Healthier,” according to a recent article in The New York…
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Continue reading →: Tight Spaces in NYC ApartmentsMine is an old “pre-war” building in New York, without a gym in the building. So finding spaces in the NYC apartments that accommodate exercises, which we all need to do, especially as we get older, is always interesting. Here’s this advisory from the NIH! https://www.nia.nih.gov/exercise-toolkit I’ve picked a kitchen…
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