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MARCH/APRIL 2015
Contents
Living
Well
A RESOURCE GUIDE FOR YOUR GENERATION
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MARCH / APRIL 2015
March/April 2015
Read LivingWell50+ Digital:
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Sweat and Have Fun
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Water Features Enhance Landscape
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Big Brother – Big Data?
Protecting your personal information on the internet
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Ask Don! Your Questions on Aging Answered
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New Senior Citizen Center Scheduled to Open Next Year
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Friends of Caregivers Can Help
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TRAVEL: Maumee Bay State Park
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GARDENING: Fresh Cooking Herbs
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CALENDAR
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SENIOR SERVICES DIRECTORY
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13th Annual Conference Reaches Out
to Grandparents
VOL. 11 ISSUE 1
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Product Placement
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FROM THE
FOOD DUDE: Seafood Makes a Great Soup or Stew
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50 Years Ago…
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Low-Purine Diet and Medication Used to Treat Gout
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Master Your Mobility
National Mobility Awareness Month is a good time to
think about building the road to independence
Dear Friends,
I happened upon the
following quote from poet
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
recently and wanted to share it
with you:
“To keep the heart
unwrinkled, to be hopeful,
kindly, cheerful, reverent – that is to triumph over
old age.”
Classically trained chef
makes her mark in Midway
and beyond
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Tanya Tyler • [email protected]
I believe that is very good advice. Is your heart is
“unwrinkled”? Is it heavy with worry or light with
optimism? Is it bouncing right along, proof positive
that you are Living Well 50 Plus, or is it thumping
morosely, just trying to get through the day? What
kind of “iron” can you use on a “wrinkled” heart?
Aldrich tells us in his quote: hopefulness, kindness,
cheerfulness, reverence – all are worthwhile goals and
worthwhile ways to live. An unwrinkled heart never
grows old. It beats steadily and strongly not only
for oneself but for others. It’s not too late to fill your
heart with all good things to keep it going for many
years to come. Open your heart to all the glorious
possibilities there are.
Live life like you mean it!
Tanya