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Dolly Parton’s Philanthropy

From her Imagination Library to donating to the Covid-19 vaccine research, learn about how this country music star is using her influence for good.

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Preserving Your Memory BY: JAN LARRAINE COX

We all have occasional lapses in memory, such as forgetting where we left the keys or forgetting why we entered a room in search of something, which is only indicative of slower mental process. The brain’s hippocampus, where memories are formed and retrieved, can deteriorate with age. And an older adult can be less efficient at absorbing brain-enhancing nutrients. There are steps we can take to prevent memory loss, such as regular exercise, attention to healthy diet, stress reduction and regular highquality sleep. Take for example, the relationship between the brain and gut. When you eat something that makes you feel off, your body is telling you something important. Every system in your body improves when your gut is working more normally. Including your memory. Brain hormones control how your brain works, from speed to mood. According to functional medicine practitioner Dr. Tom O’Bryan, 90 percent of the critical hormone serotonin is produced and stored in your gut, not in your brain. Serotonin is related to memory, mood and social behavior, appetite and digestion, sleep and sexual desire and function. At least one serving of cruciferous vegetables per day will enhance the liver’s ability to break down toxic chemicals we are exposed to and also raise the body’s ability to deal with the toxins next time. So, concentrate on cruciferous vegetables like arugula, cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, kale and collard greens. A cup of coffee is also good for memory. And avoid eating sugar! Lifestyles After 50 • January 2021 • 2

Dr. O’Bryan reports there are over 7 trillion nerves in the human body which all connect to the brain, forming the nervous system. Next, there are 206 bones in each body and between every two bones is a joint, 7 ligaments and 7 muscles. The spinal joints each have 7 different lines of movement, supported by the stabilization of the muscles, ligaments and tendons. When this package is too tight, caused by stress or poor posture, then your body behaves like a wobbly tire, creating wear and tear, causing stress which can progress to arthritis. When the system is off, then memory suffers. A simple thing to achieve may be to concentrate on your posture: line up all those bones and the entire support system! Yes, it is possible to eliminate a slouching posture and to strengthen your core. Dr. O’Bryan suggests the following exercise: “Before walking up the stairs, squeeze your glutes together and tuck your pubic bone up toward your navel. Now, very slightly lean forward as you walk up the stairs, holding the squeeze and tuck. Your muscles will let you know how they feel. Wherever you feel a bit of tightness, discomfort or fatigue, that’s where you’ve been overcompensating for a weak core.” If you keep working at this, you’ll notice your walking muscles are becoming stronger and more balanced. And be patient with yourself. After all, you don’t have to recall every last detail in order to grasp the gist of an issue.

A New Year, A New Inspiration

We’ve finally made it to 2021! After a hellish year behind us, it feels as though we’re prepared to take on whatever we may face in this new year. The fresh start of New Year’s is often associated with a new and improved diet, exercise regimen and maybe even a new hobby to occupy our extra time. While more leafy greens and painting are certainly great resolutions to implement and keep, integrating more philanthropy into your life may be the change you need. It’s common sense that regular exercise and eating right for your body are two things that can help keep your physical being in shape and content, but what about your mind? Often times, doing good for the betterment of others has a tremendously positive effect on one’s mental wellbeing. Whether it’s through volunteering your time, donating to causes you believe in or even starting your own charity or organization for a cause that means something to you, philanthropy has been proven to boost levels of serotonin (the “happy” molecule) in the brain resulting in a better mood and state of mind, according to several different academic studies. This isn’t to say that philanthropy should replace an updated exercise routine in the new year, but it may offer the extra boost in your overall wellbeing that you want.

Artists event in Tampa. Scheduled for January 28, from 5:30 to 9 pm, this event is a silent auction for local artists to sell their work. The event offers attendees the opportunity to fill their homes with locally made art while supporting struggling, talented artists. Purchasing one piece of art can change the world of an artist and encourage them to keep creating. Another event is the Pickup the Ball fundraiser dinner in Fort Myers. Focused on inspiring local youth into transforming their community, Pickup the Ball will be hosting a dinner and silent auction event on January 17 at Millennial Brewing Company to raise funds for housing new members of the organization.

No matter what you choose to do for the new year, make sure it’s something that will bring you and those around you happiness. Here’s to a great year through philanthropy and care.

Rebecca

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Philanthropy can easily be meshed with last month’s theme of “creating a legacy,” and it doesn’t mean you have to pour out money for a charitable cause. Philanthropic means can even be supporting an organization through attending events as a volunteer or as a patron. One of these events is the Angels for

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Some Kind of Heaven BY RANDAL C. HILL

Located 20 miles from Ocala in central Florida, The Villages began decades ago as a sprawling trailer park before being reconfigured along the lines of such thriving retiree havens as Sun City, Arizona. The Villages offers 33,000 manicured acres and is often called “Disney World for Retirees.” It is home to over 122,000 seniors who can enjoy a myriad of activities and can select from a smorgasbord of 3,000 activities and clubs, recreate on 42 golf courses, and be entertained by the likes of the Beach Boys, Chubby Checker and Bobby Rydell. In the forthcoming documentary Some Kind of Heaven, residents are shown gleefully dancing—there’s lots of that—as well as golfing, shooting pool, making music. To many, life there is “like being on vacation every day.” Many. But not all.

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For two months, filmmaker Lance Oppenheim, 24, befriended numerous cheerful residents of The Villages, but he also became interested in a small group of people who are dealing with life’s often-daunting problems. “I began to observe this

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overwhelming sense of pressure that some felt in the community to have fun all of the time,” he says. “There was almost an unspoken social contract that dictated life there, tied into the idea that as you grow older, time runs out, and as time runs out, every moment has to be great.” Some Kind of Heaven peels back the veneer of a pre-packaged paradise to offer the viewing audience a chance to see what really lies beyond this ersatz utopia to discover some people find life there far from great:

Anne and Reggie Kincer, in the documentary’s most dramatic thread, admit their 47-year marriage is in jeopardy as Reggie experiments with—and develops an appetite for—illegal drugs. Newly widowed ex-Bostonian Barbara Lochiatto (one of the few residents who still works full-time) feels uncomfortable and intimidated when she first plunges into the local dating scene.

Dennis Dean is an 81-year-old gate-crashing nomad who lives out of his illegally parked van and is searching for a wealthy woman to support him in his dotage. Dean is also fleeing a mysterious California arrest warrant. Oppenheim claims, “My goal in making this film was to inhabit that fantasy and call it into question.” He became intrigued by The Villages while working his way through classes in visual and environmental studies at Harvard University, from where he graduated in 2019.

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“She Come by it Natural” BY KATHY A. MEGYERI ODolly Parton is a world-renowned musical icon, creative genius and philanthropist. She’s also the most successful female artist in country music history. Author of over 3,000 songs and remaining on the forefront of music for 60 years, she’s worth an estimated $600 million and is on Forbes’ list of world’s highest paid entertainers. She’s adored by people of different classes, genders and cultures. And everyone knows of Parton’s legacy, specifically her Imagination Library founded in 1995 where one new book is sent each month until a child is five years old, resulting in 60 books to motivate, inspire and encourage creativity. As of this year, 100 million books have been donated. In 2016, she also gave each Tennessee wildfire survivor a stipend of $1,000 per month. Her newest legacy has been to establish a million-dollar convalescent plasma study at Vanderbilt University for COVID-19 research. So, what is her magic, her genius, her appeal and her longevity due to? In this intellectual examination in “She Come by it Natural,” author Sarah Smarsh analyses Dolly’s words, her physicality and her business decisions as she weaves her own family’s experiences into Parton’s biography. Smarsh’s first book, “Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth,” was a finalist for the National Book Award. A 2018 research fellow at Harvard, Smarsh is an articulate commentator on economic inequality and knows of what she speaks. Smarsh grew up poor in Kansas and believed, “... that something the world values even less than a girl is a poor one.” She knew firsthand that country music was a language among these women, it was how women talked to each other when feelings weren’t discussed. Their lives were Image from Goodreads reflected in Parton’s songs’ lyrics as they spoke of survival and making their own way. The importance of Parton’s This January, Dolly celebrates her 75th birthday. She says of this milestone, music, movie roles and persona are played out in the lives of economically “I ain’t never gonna be old because I ain’t got time to be old.” As she disenfranchised women that she lived among. released her Holly Dolly Christmas album, she said, “I bet you I won’t look much different when I’m 95, if I live that long, because I’m like the Gabor According to Smarsh, Parton’s genius is this: she’s preserved something sisters. But I think more than anything, aging is about what comes from of the little girl she once was. She acts trashy but has class. She dresses inside you. It’s an attitude and you gotta shine from within.” like a hooker but stays home with her family. She’s a giggly blonde who’s smarter than most men. She’s a woman of depth but is named after a toy. She admits to three loves: God, music and sex, but Dolly’s real magic as she readily admits is that, “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap. I look phony but am totally real.” Lifestyles After 50 • January 2021 • 5

Dear Ms. Price, After saving my money for about five years, I finally purchased my first boat. I grew up boating on the Gulf of Mexico, so I’m proud to have one of my own. When I ask friends to join me on the weekends, I am the only one paying for the upkeep. Do you think it’s tacky for me to ask that they pitch in for the basics, like gas? Boating is expensive and it would be a big help. Thank you, All Hands on Deck

Dear “Hands,” First of all, congratulations on being financially able to buy and maintain your own boat. That’s a fine accomplishment and you should be proud. When you ask people to visit you at your home, do you ask them to pitch in for the rent and electric bill? Of course not, and it’s the same for a boat. When one has visitors, if they volunteer to bring something, accept the gesture with gratitude. If they don’t offer, I wouldn’t think any less of them. You could word your invitation in this way, “I’d love for you to join me on my boat this weekend. Would you mind bringing along some sandwiches (or salad, soda, beer, etc.)?” Dear Ms. Price, I am getting married next June, COVID permitting. I’ve been with my fiancé for five years and this should be the happiest time of my life.

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Love Is… What Love Means to Kids 4 to 8-years-old BY: KATHY MEGYERI

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of four to eight-year-old kids: “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader, deeper and more profound than anyone could have ever imagined. I think you will agree: “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So, my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” Rebecca, Age 8 “When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” Billy, Age 4 “Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.” Karl, Age 5 “Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.’” Chrissy, Age 6 “Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” Terri, Age 4 “Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is O.K.” Danny, Age 8 “Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and just listen.” Bobby, Age 7 “Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day.” Noelle, Age 7 “Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” Tommy, Age 6

“During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.” Cindy, Age 8 “My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.” Clare, Age 6 “Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.” Elaine, Age 5 “Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.” Chris, Age 7 “Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.” Mary Ann, Age 4 “When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.” Karen, Age 7 “You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” Jessica, Age 8 Best of all came from a four-year-old child whose next-door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap and just sat there. When his mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.” And be patient with yourself. After all, you don’t have to recall every last detail in order to grasp the gist of an issue.

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Recipe: Fried Cabbage for New Year’s BY: REBECCA FENDING

Not only is cabbage the typical dish to serve on 2. In the remaining bacon fat, add chopped cabbage and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, New Year’s Day for good luck, but it’s also in stirring frequently. season in Florida during this month. Although this 3. Chop and add onion to the pot, continue cooking dish might not be incredibly healthy, it’s sure to until onions are translucent. get your year started the right way. 4. Add Worcestershire, vinegar, garlic and brown sugar. Combine all ingredients and let cook for 25 minutes or until cabbage is soft. Stir frequently.

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Florida Favorites BY: KATHY MEGYERI

Some people collect Florida t-shirts, keychains, postcards or recipes, but I love my alligator purses (so popular in the 40s), signs that I see in Venice, where I live and Florida quotes that I’ve collected. Here are some of my favorites: “As I went farther and farther north and it got colder and colder, I could see why Florida is a golden word. The very name of Florida carried the message of warmth and ease and comfort. It was irresistible.” John Steinbeck, author “I came to Florida when I was about five years old, and I always felt cheated that I wasn’t born here. Florida is a very healing place.” Burt Reynolds, actor “The seasons do change in South Florida—but you have to live there quite a while to recognize just how.” Ernest Lyons, author of “My Florida”

migratory and gypsy-souled as I am.” Jimmy Buffett, singer and author

“Here in Florida, the seasons move in and out like nuns in soft clothing, making no rustle in their passing… Somehow, autumn does not seem properly used in Florida.” Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author

“When we pulled into the mustard-yellow railway station of Miami, we felt we were in fairyland." David Fairchild, 1912, American botanist and plant explorer

“Politically and socially, Florida has its North and South, but its northern area is strictly southern and its southern area definitely northern.” Federal Writer’s Project, 1939 “Florida, like a piece of embroidery, has two sides to it—one side all tag-rag, and thumbs, without order or position: and the other side always showing flowers and arabesques and brilliant coloring. There is a right side and a wrong side to everything… If I had my say, I wouldn’t come north at all. I leave Florida with tears in my eyes.” Harriet Beecher Stowe, author

“Florida is the greatest country in America.” Bill Peterson, American football player and coach “We shall fight till the last drop of Seminole blood has moistened the dust of our hunting ground.” Osceola

“Wild places have always haunted me. Yet I had not anticipated any lure of the Everglades. I was powerfully impressed by this strange region.” Zane Grey, author

“I had rather be killed by a white man in Florida than die as an old man in Arkansas.” Coacoochee

“In its calmness, its unhurried gait of Southern spirit, West Florida is a long way in mind and in geography from the travel agency brochure perception of newer Florida.” Jesse Earl Bowden, Editor of the Pensacola News Journal and author

“Florida is at once the oldest and the newest state in the Union.” Ralph Henry Barbour, novelist, 1926

“Key West is like something seen in a dream.” John Dos Passos, writer “I love Key West. There are a lot of incredible characters down there, as Lifestyles After 50 • January 2021 • 10

“I want a location where I can put everything.” Walt Disney, developer

Do you have a favorite to add to our list? If so, please share them by sending to Editor rebecca.fending@lifestylesafter50.com.

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Batman featured an ear-candy theme song, barbaric death traps, innovative gadgets and repulsive villains (each one represented by a celebrity guest). The show was played for laughs all the way and poked fun at melodrama while injecting pop-culture references into the action. With all this rolled into a presentation best described as “camp”—something so bad or corny as to be declared “good”—how could it have missed? The answer? It couldn’t. And didn’t. For a while. Batman’s executive producer was William Dozier. Before his 1966 – 1968 series went into production, Dozier read through numerous Batman comic books—he had never read a comic book in his life— before admitting, “I had just the simple idea of overdoing it, of making it so square and so serious that adults would find it amusing and kids would go for the adventure.” The series was the ultimate DC Comics adaptation for the small screen. Unveiled as a sometimes satirical, Image from Wikipedia sometimes slapstick sitcom, Batman starred Adam West as businessman Bruce Wayne/Batman. West (born William West Anderson) earned a B.A. degree in literature, then worked as a military radio announcer and a milkman before becoming a TV and movie actor. Burt Ward, a karate expert and former standout high-school athlete, was attending college and working in his father’s real-estate office when, just out of his teens, he earned the sidekick role of Dick Grayson/Robin. (In the process, Ward beat out future TV star Lyle Waggoner.)

Batman and Robin were crime-fighting goofballs who defended fictional Gotham City against a plethora of preposterous villains who were always involved in exaggerated situations. The “Dynamic Duo” heroes took these situations seriously, of course, which of course added to the merriment. TV’s Batman, the only primetime laugh-a-thon without a laugh track, was developed on the most ridiculous of premises: two costumed and masked vigilantes were working hand in hand (or hand in glove) with a bumbling police department that was constantly baffled by the bad guys. The ingenious story lines featured simplistic morality in a humorous vein. In each episode, Batman and Robin pursued dubious clues that revealed the supervillain’s plans and, in the end, always saw the pair capturing the evildoer. Batman’s producers brought in as many wicked foes as possible, including the nowiconic Riddler (Frank Gorshin, John Astin), the Penguin (Burgess Meredith), the Joker (Cesar Romero) and Catwoman (Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt). The series offered 120 action-packed half-hour episodes. In time, however, the novelty of the show began to wear thin, and by the end of the third season Batman had lost much of its Batluster. Eventually, Batman winged its way to lucrative Syndication Heaven. Later, Hollywood producers would try to create their own comics-based TV series by offering The Green Hornet, Dick Tracy and Wonder Woman, but by then the burned-out viewing public simply wasn’t buying it.

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Advertising for Love: “Matrimony, Inc.” BY KATHY A. MEGYERI

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I’m happy68to report that our single-car status is about to change. During my last trip to Dubai, I was walking along the beach when I chanced upon a man sitting on a towel, moaning in pain from an aching, swollen foot. Upon close examination, I found a large thorn in his foot, removed it and dressed and bandaged the wound. As it turned out, he was Sheik Pallah Abdul, and out of gratitude he is rewarding me with as many cars as my heart desires. I plan to name them all after hurricanes.

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“I Hear You Knocking” Dave Edmunds BY: RANDAL C. HILL In early 1971, UK musician Dave Edmunds’s high-decibel guitar licks, nasal lead vocals and floor-stomping beat made his version of “I Hear You Knocking” a prime example of “pub rock.” Pub (short for “public house” or bar in England) rock was a musical genre popular in the UK during the early to mid-1970s. Loud and raw, its primitive approach to the music flew in the face of the more refined “glam” style. (Think Queen and David Bowie here.) Pub rock laid the foundation for punk rock that came later in the decade.

Storm’s biggest career hit was a blanched offering of an obscure R&B (rhythm-andblues) tune from earlier that year. Gale’s “cover” 45 was typical of many such releases at the time; major record labels Image from Wikipedia frequently brought in white artists to copy R&B best-sellers (which were usually released on small independent labels) in order to target recordbuying teenagers with allowances to spend.

Edmunds’s first taste of success came as the lead guitarist in the Welsh rock trio Love Sculpture, which scored a British Top Five single with the rapid-fire instrumental “Saber Dance.” When the group disbanded, Edmunds turned to record production and worked with English rockabilly artist Shakin’ Stevens, whose material was often culled from classic 1950s American recordings. This is when Dave became aware of “I Hear You Knocking.”

While Edmunds may or may not have heard the Storm disc, he was probably more taken with the gritty original, a little-known recording by Smiley Lewis. Louisiana native Lewis (born Overton Lemons) was once labeled by a music journalist “the unluckiest man in New Orleans.” It’s not hard to see why. Often when Lewis performed in Big Easy bars, he was handed only money from the tip jar. He usually rode to gigs on city buses after toiling all day at manual labor. Smiley’s nickname came from his having no front teeth.

So, had Edmunds perhaps heard the earlier hit version by an American woman? Gale Storm (born Josephine Cottle) was the pert, pretty and squeaky-clean star of the 1950s TV show My Little Margie. In 1955, she scored a Number Two Billboard winner with “I Hear You Knocking.”

Dave Edmunds could never repeat the triumph of his one infectious hit. “I Hear You Knocking” became his signature song, though, and earned him a gold-disc award for international sales of 3 million 45s. Lifestyles After 50 • January 2021 • 23

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