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Healthy in the New Year

Find new exercises, tips and recipes to get a great start to 2022

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Articles in each issue: • Local news and • Recipe events • Book Review • Humor • Pop Culture and • Health Music Flashbacks

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Simple Ideas for Better Health Here we are again at the edge, looking out Another tip for bettering your wellat the p otential 2022 p resents. Have you being is to add house pl ants to your decided what you’d like to accompl ish thishome. In a study pu blished by the year? Journal of Physiological Anthropology, interaction with house pl ants (specifically With each January comes a renewed focus transpl anting and caring for them) helped on p e rsonal health, whether it be physical increase comfortability and mood, as or emotional health or j u st general well- well as lowered diastolic blood pressure being. The onset of a new year is a great in participants. Homing pl ants in your time to begin new daily p ractices that can house isn’t ju st great for a mood booster, help nourish you from the inside out. but it can also help improve air quality. A few species of pl ants that help in this are Contrary to p op u lar belief, you don’t have English Ivy, snake pl ants, spi der plants, to imp l ement an up h eaval of your old po thos and many others. ways in order to achieve better well-being. Whereas before you may have scrolled To keep your body physically active, through your Facebook feed as your coffee make it a goal to sweat each day. We’ve cools, try enj oying your morning cup (or mentioned before that exercise is a huge the first one, at least) in the sunshine. Nomood booster, but it’s worth mentioning distractions; take in your surroundings again. Even ju st doing some light while breathing steadily. Let your bare stretching can help both body and spirit. feet touch the ground. Wiggle your toes Moving more means improved blood and really take in the feeling of the earth flow, helpi ng ward off clotting, stiffness beneath you. It may sound silly, but this and po tential inju ry. Physical activity can p e aceful little bit of time to yourself can also help improve mental clarity through set the tone for the rest of the day. improved cognitive function. Exercise of any sort tends to involve hand-eye If you aren’t one for grounding coordination and forces your brain to techniq ues, fear not. Another way you canbe aware of various movements that it work towards better overall health and otherwise wouldn’t experience. mood is through meal p rep p i ng. It may not seem revolutionary, but if you are No matter what your pl an is for this year, someone who struggles with materializi ngbe sure it makes sense for you. Start ideas for mealtime, p rep a ring ahead of with short-term goals that are easier to time is a game-changer. By taking one day accompl ish in order to encourage yourself out of the week to do the heavy lifting to pu rsue long-term, more difficult goals of deciding what to make and actually in the future. p u tting the ingredients together, you free up more time during the week. Not to mention that it lightens the load of dishes Rebecca Fending, Editor the rest of the week.

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And the Winning Bid Is… BY RANDAL C. HILL

On January 13, 2013, Lot 5037 rolled smoothly onto center stage at the prestigious Barrett-Jackson car auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. The sleek, low-slung vehicle, owned by California auto customizer George Barris, glistened like a black diamond under the lights. Moments later, furious bidding erupted among the well-heeled. After 13 minutes, it was all over, the buyer elated, the audience stunned. TV’s original Batmobile had found a new home. --During the Fifties, American car companies held annual auto shows, where attendees were often enthralled by what the factory folks called “concept cars.” Such boldly designed vehicles were constructed to showcase new styling and technology but were never offered for sale.

uninsurable, the auto sat idle for years, slowly deteriorating behind Barris’s Kustom City shop in North Hollywood. In August 1965, two producers from the forthcoming TV show Batman approached another California car customizer, Dean Jeffries, about building a Batmobile for the program. Jeffries soon began working on the body of a 1959 Cadillac before realizing that he wouldn’t have time to finish the project before the three-week deadline. He was paid off, and the producers turned to Barris.

“They said, ‘You’ve got 15 days and fifteen thousand dollars,’ Barris recalled later. “But the challenge was worth it. I said, ‘Let’s go for it!’ What I had to create was a fantasy.” He rounded up five people Image from BBC to revamp the Futura. A decade before the Barris himself painted it a Batmobile appeared on TV’s Batman show, the Lincoln-Mercury gloss black and added bright red-and-orange trim to help make it division of Ford Motor Company had proudly displayed its Lincoln “pop” on color television. Futura concept car at the 1955 Chicago Auto Show. Bill Schmidt, the company’s chief stylist, had been inspired to come up with Miraculously, the project was completed on time, and the the design for the Futura one day after he had scrutinized a shark Batmobile debuted on national TV on January 12, 1966. That’s while scuba-diving. when the Caped Crusader and Robin first roared out of the Batcave in a gadget-loaded vehicle meant to instill fear in the Schmidt later designed what would amount to a “laboratory on hearts of Gotham’s lawbreaking louts. wheels,” an experimental machine loaded with advanced—really advanced—engineering and design features. Measuring nearly --19 feet in length, the Futura was 7 feet wide but stood less than 4½ feet high. It sported rakish tail fins, Plexiglas bubble canopies, In Scottsdale, the new Batmobile owner set an auction record by a push-button gearshift and space for a telephone behind the paying $4.2 million (plus another $420,000 for the 10% buyer’s center console. premium) to acquire the iconic collectible. That was quite a markup for George Barris as, decades earlier, Ford had sold him Most concept cars, expensive as they were to design and build, their $250,000 Futura for the princely sum of one dollar. were eventually scrapped. In this case, though, the Futura was later bought by George Barris. Never titled and therefore

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“American Pie” by Don McLean BY: RANDAL C. HILL In the early-morning hours of February 3, 1959, a small private plane slammed into a cornfield in north-central Iowa. The accident took the life of pop-music superstar Charles Hardin “Buddy” Holly, age 22. Fellow touring stars Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and the pilot, Roger Peterson, died also in the still-unexplained catastrophe. While millions of teenage rock fans were undoubtedly devastated by the news, few probably felt more pain than 13-year-old Don McLean, who learned of Holly’s demise from headlines in the newspapers he delivered. “Buddy Holly was the first and last person I ever really idolized as a kid,” McLean has said. The loss that he felt would inspire his multi-million-selling touchstone that, to him, lamented “the day the music died.” McLean, born in New York in 1945, dropped out of Villanova University to follow his muse as a folk singer/songwriter. Mentored by pal Pete Seeger, McLean drifted around the East Coast club circuit for years but never became a headliner. He spent two years creating Tapestry, a 1969 album of original tunes. A small label—Mediarts—released it to good reviews but few sales. Mediarts was eventually absorbed by United Artists Records, a major company that had the clout to aggressively promote McLean’s second LP, the 1971 multi-platinum-selling American Pie. As with many complex poems, deeper meanings lay beneath the surface of “American Pie.” Its dense, often confusing lyrics grow increasingly more somber as McLean’s tune unfolds amid religious references and enigmatic characters that begged

several questions: Was Bob Dylan the jester? Did the crown once belong to Elvis Presley? Image from Lluís Cañadell on YouTube Was the marching band the Beatles? Was Mick Jagger the Devil incarnate? McLean has always divulged little about “American Pie,” but it’s easy to see that he bemoans the loss of the carefree times of his generation. To Don, America was moving inexorably toward adverse times, due in part to inner-city riots, Vietnam war protests and political assassinations. “In ‘American Pie,’ things are headed in the wrong direction…becoming less idyllic…,” he once confessed. “It is a morality song, in a sense.” On April 7, 2015, in Christie’s auction room in New York, McLean’s 16-page working manuscript for “American Pie” sold for an astounding $1.2 million. It became the third-highest price ever paid for an American literary item. The normally closed-mouthed McLean has often used a wry retort when people press him too hard about his song’s meaning: “It means,” he would answer, “I don’t ever have to work again if I don’t want to.”

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“Eightysomethings: A Practical Guide to Letting Go, Aging Well, and Finding Unexpected Happiness” BY KATHY A. MEGYERI Author Katharine Esty is a social psychologist, practicing psychotherapist, widow, mother of four sons and a grandmother. A therapist for 30 years, she has counseled thousands and has written many non-fiction books, but has now released a self-help book for those of us in our 80s. When she turned 80, Esty realized that others her age comprised the fastest growing cohort in America, but there was not a single self-help book written for them or a guide for middle-aged children (like her sons) on how to deal with aging parents. She set out to examine if the negative stereotypes of failing health and diminished vitality were true, and then she wanted to see if people in their 80s (like her) have lessons for the rest of us. Image from Simon and Schuster

Esty interviewed 128 people in their 80s and 26 of their adult children.

She looked at the ways they dealt with life’s transitions by examining their health, grandchildren, living arrangements, finances, sex and intimacy, and views of death. From her interviews, which were shockingly honest, she saw first-hand “upside down parents” when children have to become the parents. This book also functions as a guide for adult children to help them as their parents enter the last stage of life. She offers practical advice and conversation starters, so needed when commonalities often decrease as children live away and time together is lessened. Instead of writing in generalities, the book’s anecdotes and observations are believable and funny, while the offered recommendations are practical and smart. At the end of each chapter, the conversation starters and tips for families for those over 80 would be most valuable for students studying gerontology and caregivers who oftentimes have to treat both children and parents as they navigate new territory in life’s last journey. Esty, as a therapist, is able to see the big picture of this aging cohort, weave individual stories and vignettes, and bring in her personal insight and her professional career in therapy to lessen the dread of growing old. Instead, she directs us to new and varied ways to find unexpected happiness. Esty’s final piece of advice is to “do what you enjoy; live your life from the heart rather than from the head.” No wonder the book won The American Book Fest Best Book Award in Health: Aging/50+.

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LOCAL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS THIS SPRING BY REBECCA FENDING It may seem early to start thinking of spring, but Florida’s festival season is just about to begin. From the world-famous Florida Strawberry Festival to the many food and music festivals in the state, make the season ahead a busy one! Manatee Festival in Orange City – January 22-23 @ 9 am The Manatee Festival offers all kinds of entertainment for young and old. There will be many craft vendors, food vendors, children's games and rides, and a variety of musical acts for all to enjoy. One of the biggest attractions each year is the Disc-Connected K9s which are the world's most famous Frisbee dogs. This festival has free general admission. Learn more at themanateefestival. com.

2022 John’s Pass Seafood Festival – January 20-23 For the last 40 years, the historic John’s Pass Village & Boardwalk in Madeira Beach Florida has become a venue for a large celebration of fresh Gulf seafood. This four-day outdoor event features hundreds of local vendors offering a plethora of seafood, an art and crafts show, live music and various family-friendly activities. General admission is free. For more information, visit madeirabeachfl. gov/johns-pass-seafood-festival.

14th Annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival – January 29-30 @ 10 am For craft, jewelry and art lovers, this craft festival is one to put on your planner. Browse and purchase a wide variety of ceramics, jewelry, stained glass, metal works and much more. The event will be set up along West Venice Avenue, one of Venice’s historic downtown streets. There will also be a Green Market that offers live flora, kettle corn, gourmet spices and sauces. This festival has free general admission. Learn more at artfestival.com.

47th Annual Mount Dora Arts Festival – February 5-6 This free festival will take place from 9 am to 5 pm in the picturesque, lakefront, historic district of Mount Dora, featuring artists from all over the country, as well as food trucks and entertainment. Learn more at mountdoraartsfestival.org.

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$5,000 in cash awards for Best of Show, Best 2D, Best 3D and Awards of Distinction in 2D and 3D. Find more at naplesart.org/naples-national.

Florida Strawberry Festival – March 3-14 To celebrate the 87th anniversary of this event, the theme is “#1 for Fun!” As always, the festival itinerary is stacked with live entertainment, delicious food and carnival rides. Musical entertainment includes The Beach Boys, Boyz II Men, Lady A, TESLA and many more throughout the two-week festival. To learn more, get tickets and plan your visit, see flstrawberryfestival. com.

Wine and Seafood Festival at Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards – March 18-20 Marking the start of spring, this event will feature a number of Lakeridge beer and wine, soft drinks and seafood dishes. Enjoy the fresh air at your local winery! Visit facebook.com/LakeridgeWines for more information.

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DEVELOPING MINDFULNESS THIS YEAR BY JAN LARRAINE COX May I be safe and protected. May I be free of mental suffering or distress. May I be able to live in this world happily, peacefully, joyfully, with ease… These are loving phrases of kindness for yourself that you can then visualize for all beings of the world: May all beings be happy; may all beings be healthy and strong. Followed by deep and cleansing breaths, you are on your way to a mindful day. Breathe deeply, in through your nose for a count of five, then out through your nose for a count of five, inhaling and expelling as much air as you can. Maintain that rhythm for 10 minutes. Mindfulness can balance our mind and feelings as we fully focus on whatever we are doing in the present moment: cooking, cleaning, reading, watching the waves hit the edge of the beach, watching the seagulls swoop. Our attention is directed at what we are doing instead of all the other things we could or should be doing. If those thoughts naturally arise, let them pass by without following them to take your attention. We can value silence for more than the absence of sound, but for the opportunity to release emotions so they don’t control us—free to be fully aware of the moment and appreciate the details of the present, responding thoughtfully, rather than automatically, to life’s events. Author Wendy Hobson writes there are specific personal advantages to stilling the mind in regular meditation: enjoyment of your own life moment by moment; further understanding your own strengths and weaknesses; ability to forgive yourself and others for mistakes; development of deep listening and observation, rather than simply hearing. Hobson points out that studies show the seat of memory, the hippocampus, becomes denser in those who meditate. Simultaneously, there is a decrease in the density of the amygdala, which is the source of fear and overstress. Studies also show that

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meditation improves the brain’s ability to protect against age-related memory loss, for a mere 10-minute investment per day. Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh asks the question “What better way to start the day than with a smile?” Your soft half-smile affirms your “awareness and determination to live in peace and joy… the source of a true smile is an awakened mind…a bird singing or the sunlight streaming into your room helps you approach the day with gentleness and understanding.” Hanh continues, “I have arrived in the present moment because only the present moment contains life. When I breathe in and take refuge in my in-breath, I touch life deeply.. “Stopping running is very important. Instead of believing peace, happiness and success are present in some other place and time, we can arrive at each moment in our true home, deeply situated at the address of life—the intersection of here and now! We discover life’s wonders and our regrets and sorrows disappear.”

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Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival Information from ParagonArtEvents.com The Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival returns for its sixth year. Bring along your family and friends to enjoy fresh seafood and outstanding live musical performances. The event begins Friday night January 14 with festivities running from 4 pm to 10 pm. The event continues Saturday from 11 am to 10 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm.

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The event, hosted by the Downtown Sarasota Enrichment Association, offers a diverse menu of foods cooked fresh on site. Seafood items are prepared using only the freshest local and sustainable ocean resources from the Florida Gulf Coast. Meat and vegetarian offerings also are on the menu, along with a variety of side dishes and of course - tantalizing desserts! Alcoholic, non-alcoholic and fruit drinks are available along with a selection of sodas and bottled water. In the breaks between performances, explore shopping in a marketplace of fine arts, crafts, and select fine products and food items.

Subscribe today to our 5-concert series at Ruth Eckerd Hall, led by Principal Guest Conductor Stuart Malina.

While savoring your meal, relax to some of Florida’s top musical groups from genres such as R&B, blues, jazz, rock and Caribbean sounds. Performers in 2020 were: Dr. Dave Band (classic rock, country, bluegrass), JP Soars & The Red Hots (soul, blues) and Black Honkeys (rock, soul), The Whole Band featuring Callie Chappell (Americana, rock, variety), the Billy Rice Band (country rock), Twinkle & Rock Soul Radio (rock, soul), The Verge (classic rock 70’s to present) and 22N (rock, funk, variety), Big Night Out (dance, rock, alternative), Kettle of Fish (rock, blues, reggae), and Fleetwood Max (Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band). Check back as the event approaches to see the bands participating and their performance times. They will be posted on this page in the column to the right.

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To learn more, search for the event name at ParagonArtEvents.com. Sarasota Seafood & Music Festival When: January 14-16 Where: J.D. Hamel Park, 199 Bayfront Drive, Sarasota, FL Cost: General admission free, food and beverages for addition cost

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Dear Ms. Price, Last summer, I went to the beach for a family reunion. I debated for weeks whether or not to go because I had gained 30 pounds and felt awful. I wasn’t thin to begin with, so the weight makes me feel uncomfortable and self-conscious. My husband and my in-laws took loads of photos and posted them all over social media. I was unhappy about this. How do I approach this situation and retain some semblance of dignity? “Covid-15” Club Dear “Covid-15 Club,” Please know that you are not alone. However, if you feel uncomfortable in any way with something posted on social media, you have every right to ask them to please take these photos down. You can also untag yourself. You can ask that you all schedule another time for photos when you are “ready for your close-up.” -Ms. Price Dear Readers, With the New Year just around the corner, my inbox is filled with questions about weight loss and New Year’s resolutions. Let’s resolve to make 2022 the year to stop the cycle of not following through. After all, you’ve made these goals for a reason and your life will be healthier and infinitely better if you stick to making healthy changes. Here are five tips to get you started:

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A new action thriller with the intriguing title of The 355 opens this month. The inspiration for the film’s title goes back to the Revolutionary War era when 355 was the code number assigned to the first female spy—a woman unnamed (and obviously unappreciated) by historians to this day. Today’s The 355 features a band of women spies, and each is a potential Dirty Harry in a dress. Together, these plucky ladies embark on a mission to locate and dispatch evil mercenaries who have secured a lethal, top-secret weapon.

include German agent Marie (Diane Kruger), former M16 ally/computer whiz Khadijah (Lupita Nyong’o), and Columbian psychologist Graciela (Penelope Cruz). The foursome develops a tenuous loyalty that could save the world—or result in their deaths. To add to their stress levels, all must also work at staying one step ahead of a mysterious Chinese woman named Lin Mi Sheng (Fan Bingbing), a high-tech baddie who is monitoring their every move.

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In today’s high-tech world, the enemy is invisible and has the ability to destabilize entire countries from a distant keyboard. Because of this, a team of elite spies—each coincidentally a gorgeous fashionista—has been assembled. They all work for different intelligence agencies—American, British, German, Columbian—and each faces a common foe; if that foe is not stopped, the result could be World War Three. The script for The 355 offers plenty of rock ‘em, sock ‘em action. Also, the four women, though seemingly working in an atmosphere of solidarity, are all, in reality, playing both sides against the middle. Which means that none of them can be completely trusted. Jessica Chastain is American CIA agent Mason “Mace” Brown. Her fellow spies

The story—reminiscent of some of the best James Bond works—ricochets around the globe and includes stops in such trendy locales as Paris, Morocco and Shanghai. Dodging machine-gun bullets, scaling buildings, and leaping from rooftop to rooftop provides the action that is the mainstay of many of today’s thriller offerings. For the women actors, rehearsals included hours of combat training and learning to fight in feminine attire, including high heels—something that male action performers never have to be concerned about. “My goals and dreams for The 355 are that we just accept the fact that women are awesome and tough,” Chastain remarks. “I’m excited for society to start acknowledging what’s happening in our world.” The 355 is written, produced and directed by Simon Kinberg, who is best known for the X-Men movies. Rated PG-13, the action explodes nationwide soon. Enjoy! Lifestyles After 50 • January 2022 • 21

Seniors getting Together WOMEN SEEKING MEN

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5479 - OLDER & WISER. Young at heart old lady- ISO nice 4907 SWF. 59old yo, man 5’9”, for 160friendship/ lbs, smoker, conversation. am WC, RP,I early SOH, NS, blonde hair, Iblue eyes. like fi80’s, shing, movgood food.inSeeks Lties, SD.traveling, 5’5”, HWP,dancing, love music, dancing the SWM who likes&the same. kitchen, reading most TV sports. Phone/ email please. S. Fort Myers.

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to meet SWM with same HONEST interest for LTR. 5427 - SEEKING SINCERE, Laid back, noI’m drama. Like NS, animals. HillsCOMPANION. 70’s, HWP, ND. Like to borough & Pasco. read, sightsee, 50’s music, walk, animals, no drama. ISO friend, honest man for LTR. Reply 5425 - SINCERE CHRISTIAN WOMAN phone number. Send description. Pasco desires C-man who really loves God and is County. active, lives a healthy life, helps his neigh-

bor, enjoys nature (including 5502 - LOOKING FOR LOVE. Hi.picnics), I’m a 78 canoeing andNS, a friend to all animals. I’m all YY, WW, 5’5”, ND, blue eyes, white hair, of the above. I’m a W ,etite lady with HWP, SOH. I like to dance to 50’s & 60’s, long hair and chearful. Age 60’s, Age preferred: taking walks. I’m a giving person & love life. 50’saand I Mid do have littleup. dogI live andin fatHillsborough cat and I would County. Please write me, tell me about like to meet a WM in his late 70’s. NS, SD, or yourself. not. Looks aren’t important. SOH, HWP, just a good heart. NPR, PR & Hudson area. Send 5431 – LONELY WWF, looking for love & name & phoneMan number. Good and companion. should beluck 70 to 80God yrs bless. old. I am financially secure, have a car & condo. I live in N. St. CHRISTMAS Pete. 5504 - LOOKING FOR ANGEL. 70+, W, C, NS, SD, FF. Thoughtful/Kind. Sense - HERE, COVID-19 IN S. of5429 Humor. Pride DURING in Appearance & Home. FT. MYERS. ISO friendship only with Quiet times. Good Listener. Helpful to W, widower in early 80’s. SOH, honest, NS. I friends. Likes Animals.

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5500 - I AM OLDER CHRONOLOGICALLY ONLY! F, D, ISO SOH, NS, LD, ND except medical. HWP. Enjoys bowling, active, 5419golf, - HAVE A NICE DAY.HWP, SWF,FF, 75TLC. yo, Likes 5’5”, small dinner parties. Must love dogs. slender, brunette, green eyes, adventurous,

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5507 – MAN SEEKING MAN. I am single, 80 seeking fit, attractive, female. Very handyears old, white, clean, safe, gay, NS, no drugs, some, very fit senior. 5’11”, 175, blue eyes, light drinker, looking for same for satisfaction silver hair. Let’s enjoy life’s pleasures. and enjoyment. N. Ft Myers only. Dunedin. 5517 – SEARCHING FOR LIFE PARTNER. Male 5417 PINELLAS PARK, FUN LOVING 61yo, old- school gentleman.

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