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Celebrate Senior Health & Fitness Day
For Grandma, Grandpa, Granny, Gramps, Nana, Papa, and all our well-loved elders, Senior Health & Fitness Day is a time to explore the many senior-friendly physical activity options and to understand the importance of exercise and nutrition for ongoing health and illness-prevention.
A healthy diet can boost energy and immunity, and regular exercise is necessary to retain bone mass and lower the risk of fractures and to build muscle strength and reduce the risk of falls.
Various community events will be staged on Senior Health & Fitness Day, and seniors are encouraged to attend for health screenings and diet and exercise information sessions.
Low-impact, non-competitive exercise program choices may include stretching, walking and swimming, all designed to increase strength and flexibility. And although Grandma is probably an excellent cook, she may be able to pick up a few healthy tips to make her legendary meals even more delicious and nutritious.
Hanging your bat masks to dry
knit
thanks, Ivy
knit
thanks, Adele
Joke of the Day
thanks, Alice
A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because it was a very large mammal, its throat was very small. The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.
The little girl said, “When I get to Heaven, I will ask Jonah.”
The teacher asked, “What if Jonah went to Hell?”
The little girl replied, “Then you ask him.”
Word of the Day
heteroclite
MEANING:
| noun: | 1. A person who is unconventional; a maverick. |
| 2. A word that is irregularly formed. | |
| adjective: | 1. Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric. |
| 2. (In grammar) Irregularly inflected. |
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin heteroclitus, from Greek heteroklitos, from hetero- (different) + klinein (to lean, inflect). Ultimately from the Indo-European root klei- (to lean), which also gave us decline, incline, recline, lean, client, climax, and ladder. Earliest documented use: 1580.
USAGE:
“South Africa indeed repeated before the executive organ of the UN a heteroclite set of tropes that mixed bad faith with ideological dogmatism from a bygone era.”
Zweli Matshelwa; The Flagrant Isolation of South Africa; New Zimbabwe; Apr 11, 2020.
Zweli Matshelwa; The Flagrant Isolation of South Africa; New Zimbabwe; Apr 11, 2020.
thanks, Iris
Idiom of the Day
- Think on your feet
Meaning: Adjusting quickly to changes and making fast decisions.
This Day in History
1647 - Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a "witch." It was the first recorded American execution of a "witch."
1907 - The Bubonic Plague broke out in San Francisco.
1926 - Bronze figures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer were erected in Hannibal, MO.
1933 - Walt Disney's "Three Little Pigs" was first released.
1937 - In California, the Golden Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrian traffic.
1950 - Frank Sinatra made his TV debut on NBC's "Star-Spangled Review."
1964 - Eleven boys were suspended at a Coventry, England, school for having a hair style like Mick Jagger.
1968 - After 48 years as coach of the Chicago Bears, George Halas retired.
1969 - Construction of Walt Disney World began in Florida.
1986 - Mel Fisher recovered a jar that contained 2,300 emeralds from the Spanish ship Atocha. The ship sank in the 17th century.
1987 - During a show in Rome's Flaminio Stadio, U2's sound system set off earthquake alarms in two neighborhoods.
1995 - In Charlottesville, VA, Christopher Reeve was paralyzed after being thrown from his horse during a jumping event.
1999 - In The Hague, Netherlands, a war crimes tribunal indicted Slobodan Milosevic and four others for atrocities in Kosovo. It was the first time that a sitting head of state had been charged with such a crime.
2017 - Pandora - The World of Avatar opened at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, May 27
Life is always an adventure for you because you are extremely curious, inquisitive, and always open to learning from your experiences. You are very friendly, giving, and naturally charming. You instinctively know that change is a natural part of life and learning, and try to keep positive. You need a lot of mental stimulation in order to stay interested in projects and work. Famous people born today:
1332 Ibn Khaldūn, North African Islamic scholar, philosopher and historian (Muqaddimah), born in Tunis (d. 1406)
1837 "Wild Bill" Hickok [James Butler], American cowboy and scout, born in Troy Grove, Illinois (d. 1876)
1907 Rachel Carson, American marine biologist, conservationist and writer (Silent Spring), born in Springdale, Pennsylvania (d. 1964)
1922 Sir Christopher Lee, English actor (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit), born in London, England (d. 2015)
1923 Henry Kissinger, US Secretary of State (1973-77) and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973, born in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
READERS INFO
1.
(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
Jay J. Armes is a private investigator… with no hands. A childhood accident (he was 11 years old) mangled both his hands. In 1972, he was the PI hired by Marlon Brando to find his missing son. He was so popular during the 1970’s that the Ideal Toy Company released a Jay J. Armes action figure, complete with detachable prosthetics.
The piano was invented in Italy in the early 1700’s by Bartolomeo Cristofori. The original name for this new instrument was “piano et forte”, which means ‘soft and loud’. Cristofori then shortened it to piano.
When lightning strikes, it prefers men than women. Statistics show that lightning strikes men more often than women, at a rate of 5:1.
2.
1937 -
In California on this day in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrian traffic. The bridge connected San Francisco and Marin County.
3.
Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent
Quick Chick
Got no time? Heat up 1/4 c. jam or jelly with 1 T. mustard, slather it over your chicken pieces. Or you can use Heinz 57 Sauce mixed in equal parts with honey.
Bake at 400° until the juices run clear, about 40 minutes. Turn it after about 20 minutes and brush the other side. You can also do this with chunks of potatoes and carrots at the same time.
Tip For Roasted Veggies
Cut your potatoes, carrots, celery, whatever into 1-1/2" chunks. Toss in a mix of
2 T. extra-virgin salad oil
1 t. beef broth powder
a good sprinkle of Monteal Steak Spice
Put into a covered casserole dish and bake at 350° for 30 - 45 minutes. Take the cover off for the last 15 if you like a lightly roasty char.
Extending Ground Beef
If you want to extend your ground beef like they did back in the 70's, soak 1/2 c. TVP* granules in a cup of hot beef broth with a teaspoon of soy sauce or Worcestershire sauce mixed in. When cold, drain it (don't squeeze) and save the liquid to add to a gravy. Mix into 1 lb. of ground beef, then use as usual in your recipe.
Texturized vegetable protein; i.e. soy.
1647 - Alse Young (Achsah Young or Alice Young), a resident of Windsor, CT, was executed for being a "witch." It was the first recorded American execution of a "witch."
1969 - Construction of Walt Disney World began in Florida.
1986 - Mel Fisher recovered a jar that contained 2,300 emeralds from the Spanish ship Atocha. The ship sank in the 17th century.
1995 - In Charlottesville, VA, Christopher Reeve was paralyzed after being thrown from his horse during a jumping event.
1999 - In The Hague, Netherlands, a war crimes tribunal indicted Slobodan Milosevic and four others for atrocities in Kosovo. It was the first time that a sitting head of state had been charged with such a crime.
2017 - Pandora - The World of Avatar opened at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
DAILY SQU-EEK
In California on this day in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was opened to pedestrian traffic. The bridge connected San Francisco and Marin County.
Quick Chick
Got no time? Heat up 1/4 c. jam or jelly with 1 T. mustard, slather it over your chicken pieces. Or you can use Heinz 57 Sauce mixed in equal parts with honey.
Bake at 400° until the juices run clear, about 40 minutes. Turn it after about 20 minutes and brush the other side. You can also do this with chunks of potatoes and carrots at the same time.
Tip For Roasted Veggies
Cut your potatoes, carrots, celery, whatever into 1-1/2" chunks. Toss in a mix of
2 T. extra-virgin salad oil
1 t. beef broth powder
a good sprinkle of Monteal Steak Spice
Put into a covered casserole dish and bake at 350° for 30 - 45 minutes. Take the cover off for the last 15 if you like a lightly roasty char.
Extending Ground Beef
If you want to extend your ground beef like they did back in the 70's, soak 1/2 c. TVP* granules in a cup of hot beef broth with a teaspoon of soy sauce or Worcestershire sauce mixed in. When cold, drain it (don't squeeze) and save the liquid to add to a gravy. Mix into 1 lb. of ground beef, then use as usual in your recipe.
Got no time? Heat up 1/4 c. jam or jelly with 1 T. mustard, slather it over your chicken pieces. Or you can use Heinz 57 Sauce mixed in equal parts with honey.
Bake at 400° until the juices run clear, about 40 minutes. Turn it after about 20 minutes and brush the other side. You can also do this with chunks of potatoes and carrots at the same time.
Tip For Roasted Veggies
Cut your potatoes, carrots, celery, whatever into 1-1/2" chunks. Toss in a mix of
2 T. extra-virgin salad oil
1 t. beef broth powder
a good sprinkle of Monteal Steak Spice
Put into a covered casserole dish and bake at 350° for 30 - 45 minutes. Take the cover off for the last 15 if you like a lightly roasty char.
Extending Ground Beef
If you want to extend your ground beef like they did back in the 70's, soak 1/2 c. TVP* granules in a cup of hot beef broth with a teaspoon of soy sauce or Worcestershire sauce mixed in. When cold, drain it (don't squeeze) and save the liquid to add to a gravy. Mix into 1 lb. of ground beef, then use as usual in your recipe.
Texturized vegetable protein; i.e. soy.
Pictures of the day
Pictures of the day
A bacteriophage is a virus that infects and replicates within
common and diverse entities in the biosphere, found wherever
bacteria are present. Early evidence of their existence came
when the English bacteriologist Ernest Hanbury Hankin reported
rivers in India had a marked antibacterial action against cholera,
but was so minute that it could pass through a very fine porcelain
filter. This picture is a transmission electron micrograph at
approximately 200,000× magnification, showing numerous
bacteriophages attached to the exterior of a bacterium's cell wall.
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China
Tea fields on a mountainside in Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province.
knit
thanks, Ivy
knit
thanks, Adele
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knit
Knit Pattern of the Day:
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
crochet ... Father's Day
thanks, Sasha
crochet ... Father's Day
thanks, Sasha
RECIPE
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Jane
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
CHILDREN'S CORNER
PUZZLE
SUDOKU ... medium
QUOTE
CLEVER
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Jane
thanks, Sara
ADULT COLORING
FUN
Can you find the cat in the picture puzzle below?
answer:
CRAFTS
thanks, Miriam
CHILDREN'S CORNER
thanks, Jill
PUZZLE
| added authority bicker broke budget card chill collect constraint | ebbed entry hoist maiden menu metal never node | picture quark radio recline rhythm risky | shard sheer shield snake social spoke temptress thought tilt | title touch tout uphill vault veer waste |
SUDOKU ... medium
solution:
QUOTE
thanks, Marge
CLEVER
thanks, Becky
Regrow Vegetable Scraps
While some plants seem hell-bent on dying (like the ever-trendy fiddle leaf figs), other ones will do anything to keep on growing. In fact, there are several items in your fridge that will keep growing if given the opportunity!
A lot of vegetable scraps will regrow roots and keep on flourishing if planted, allowing you to get more bang for your buck. One of the most common vegetables for this project is romaine lettuce—just give the butt a few inches of water, and it will start sprouting new leaves in a matter of days! You can also do this with celery, bok choy, and scallions.
These veggies all grow back quickly, but if you’re in it for the long haul, you can regrow potatoes, onions, and even pineapples.
Start Some Microgreens
In addition to a few tomato plants and herbs in your container garden, why not try your hand at growing microgreens, too? Not only do they grow quickly and with minimal effort, but these miniature greens are a delicious addition to salads, sandwiches, and other culinary adventures. To start growing microgreens, grab an old casserole dish, soil, and some vegetable seeds—any variety will work, but beets, peas, and radishes are popular. You’ll want to plant the seeds in a thin layer of soil, then place the dish in a warm, humid location until they germinate. When the little plants sprout, just water, harvest, and repeat!
EYE OPENER
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate. -Hubert Humphrey, US Vice President (27 May 1911-1978)
OPTICAL ILLUSION
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