Monday, August 25th, 2008
Your Weekly Shot In The Arm: 08/25/08
“To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.”_Alan Bleasdale
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Rita Talks (An Open Journal)
(The road where I take my morning walks.)
I have been talking about taking a morning walk for quite some time. Evidentally, it takes a very long time for an idea of mine to perculate into any real sustained motivation. At least, it perculates. At least, it finally comes into fruitation. I have walked every morning now [...]
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Rita Talks: 7/14/08
My weight continues to bounce and up down on the scales like a rubber ball. At one point, the numbers on the scale had reached my beginning weight starting point. In other words, I was right back where I started. As the numbers continued to climb on the scales, I had no trouble believeing the [...]
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
June 27, 2008 - A New Beginning
A new beginning. Isn’t that redundant? Isn’t every beginning by definition new? No. It isn’t. I’ve had a thousand beginnings, and most of them have ended in the same way. I’m speaking of beginning a diet and/or exercise program to lose weight and get healthier. Occasionally, these beginnings have had good results, a 20 pound [...]
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Gardening: Benefits for the Body, Mind, and Spirit
Generally, when one thinks of gardening only thoughts of having lots of fresh vegetables, or beautiful flowers, at little expense come to mind. However, there’s much more to gardening than meets the eye. Gardening is beneficial in the following ways:
Body: Gardening requires a certain amount of physical stamina. You might want to consider trading in your boring tread [...]


