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Keep reading and doing those puzzles as you get older.In fact, if you are younger, and don't do puzzles – start now and keep doing them … it's good for your brain –
According to a study:
Doing puzzles and reading books have been linked with a decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease, and a new study may explain why — it reduces the accumulation of harmful proteins in the brain.
I've always believed that games play the same role – they keep our brains active. And they provide, what I found, were some therapeutic results for people of many ages.
Of course I do have a bias.
I am, and have been, a big game player. I started out with pinball, moved on to amusement park arcades, video games and now computer games.
Just ask my son who played his video games more – him or me? 
I grew up with crossword puzzles and still do them. And the same with reading. Guess now I am glad I did so much of what others tended to call a "waste of time."
I woke up very early the other day and this was nature's gift for doing so!
The sky show was awesome: A spectacular sunrise complete with a plane taking off from PDX. [see video]
Nature is amazing and so filled with gorgeous colors.
The morning sky in Portland is like no other place I've lived!
Love it!
[Well except when it's cloudy and rainy and yukky – but then I dont get up and take pictures
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Comments? Thank you.
I know – exercise is the last thing on your to-do list and the first thing that gets brushed aside when you are "too busy" or "too stressed" or "too too…"
I admit that I get this way as well. But then I get back into exercising and I feel better, am less stressed and SURPRISE – I can get more work done and in less time!!
We are "supposed to" exercise at least 30 minutes a day and that is difficult for some when they are just getting started thinking about exercising.
"Find another block of 30 minutes? You gotta be kidding."
Well no – you don't need that block of time. Sometimes 3 ten-minute segments is just as good – or – even less is good. A new study in Asia found that:
…those who exercised just 15 minutes a day — or 90 minutes a week — cut their risk of death by 14 percent and extended their life expectancy by three years compared with those who did no exercise. Both men and women benefited equally from the minimum activity.
Article about 15 minutes of daily exercise
Adding more minutes to that 15 was beneficial. But 15 was good in and of itself.
So – no more excuses! You can find 15 minutes! And you may find you are enjoying your day more because you are active for that time.
Thoughts? Thank you for your comments.
Vibram fivefingers with nasturtiums►
I love my fivefingers!
A shoe that I don't kick off the minute I am inside.
I almost never rave about shoes but I love them so much I even wrote a review for REI [where I bought them.]
Shoe shopping and I have a love/hate relationship. I know we need shoes but the process of my getting them is no fun so I do it as infrequently as is possible.
My feet are not structured like the manufacturers think all women's feet should be made and I've learned to buy men's shoes – but that tends to work only for sandals and running shoes. When I need to get "dressed up" I am stuck with uncomfortable shoes.
Anyway – these are comfy and not too many people think they are odd. But remember I live in Portland where one motto is: Keep Portland Weird.
If you don't go barefoot a lot of the time, these may take some getting used to. But if you do yoga and have learned to separate your toes [like you did as a kid] then these will not feel odd.
They are much the same a walking barefoot and you feel the gravel and rocks underfoot – but they don't puncture the shoe or your foot. I wear them walking and running and found when running, I needed to adjust what I was doing ever so slightly.
Vibram keeps coming out with new styles and so for next winter I shall get a pair that are a bit more water resistance and also some finger socks!
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And for those who like shoes without flowers, here is another picture
Go ahead and try a pair, it's like being a kid all over again!!
Age in style!
Comments? Questions?
