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Weird Predictions That Came True. When Billy Mills was twelve his cousin predicted Billy would “do something famous in sports.” Billy wasn’t athletic and thought his cousin was teasing. “No,” his cousin explained, “I read a lot of books about athletes and all the athletes I read about are either poor, orphaned, or people make fun of them; and Billy, all three of those things happened to you!” Fourteen years later Billy Mills would unexpectedly win a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

And I challenge you to do the same — Labradors licking and wagging their tails Friends never shy about asking, “What ails?” Skies filled with color, at morning or night Dawn’s early breaking full of promise and light Walking or running, a breeze on my face, Coming back home to family’s embrace. The sound of the ocean, a day at the shore It’s almost dark, but the kids call for more. Paddling a kayak, gliding along, Enjoying the quiet or singing a song, The view from a mountain, a waterfall’s roar These are all things I simply adore!

Feminists once ‘burned their bras’ — time to banish that scale — I don’t know if you’ve ever done this — started an exercise habit, paid more attention to what you are eating, felt proud of yourself and then stepped on the scale to see if what you’ve done is paying off. Stop right there. Why are we looking to a scale…

Until I read a recent David Martin article — Silly me, I thought people might like 80-year-old marathoners. But a recent article by David Martin — Spare Me Your Stellar Health. I’m tired of hearing from 80-year-old marathoners, opened my eyes. Martin said he is “annoyed” by a “small group of critics” who respond when he writes about declining…

Quickly, this was my experience traveling in Milan and Rome Italy in December 2021. Please remember that travel and Covid regulations change quickly. The Decision — Who would go to Italy during the Covid pandemic? My husband had a business request to go to Milan for 3 days, so his plane ticket and motel there would be paid for. He had been…

Why breaking up with my bathroom scale is the healthiest choice for me — The woman in the photo isn’t me, but she could be if I was blond and a couple decades younger. Like her, I have exercised, then nearly naked, stepped on a bathroom scale with trepidation. What will it say? Have I done enough? I want some validation of my efforts. …