Category: discover
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Exercise, rewards of walking!

My daughter was out walking, she took a video of this squirrel running up from the grass to this column with his food prize. Squirrels have strong teeth! There’s always something amusing to see when we exercise. Happy Pi Day!
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Fat Tuesday – Polish Paczki’s, Chicago, rush to get one!

Today is the day to get your Paczki! Here in Chicago, it’s BIG. Bakeries have been working over time to make them. The last day to indulge before Lent. We have a large Polish community here. I was reading that the best place to find Paczki’s today is in the Midwest (Illinois / Michigan), that’s…
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Navy Seal – Jocko Willink on Simon Sinek’s podcast!

I listened to Simon Sinek’s, A Bit of Optimism podcast, Episode 163: Humble Leaders Lead Better Teams with Retired Jocko Willink. Good podcast. Always motivational to hear a Navy Seal share stories. If you are out exercising and getting bored. I recommend Sinek’s podcasts. Helps make the time fly by faster, then 10K steps =…
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Writing Prompt – What do you see?

Lately, I see something and it makes me think of something else. For example, I was out walking. Suddenly, I felt the sun shining down on me. This was significant as winter is “gloomy.” It felt so nice and warm. When I looked up to the sky, the sun was so interesting. My immediate thought…
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Paul Simon, 83, back on Tour. Thanks to Stanford University – SICHL!

I love these kind of stories, where we think life might be over as we age, but instead we can have a come back. That’s what happened for Paul Simon. In 2019, he retired from touring, due to severe hearing loss in one of his ears. Enter Stanford University’s, Dr. Konstantina M. Stankovic, a professor…
