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Republican Linda Upmeyer, a nurse practitioner, introduced her fellow legislators and their staff to new fitness habits through a program called “Lighten Up.” She asked each Iowa official to weigh in publicly which met, as you can imagine, with some resistance. Undaunted, she asked the Department of Public Health to bring a huge cart scale into the Capitol for mass weigh-ins of 371...

Thanks to my publisher, Sentient Publications, I took part in another radio interview in late December. Issues Today, with Bob Gourley, is a 30-minute weekly radio show that addresses the needs of all Americans, and is syndicated to over 160 stations across the Country. I was flattered to be asked to be a guest. The program will air in January, 2008. The day after New Year’s I was a...

After 50 years I finally understand how CBS came up with the name of the Art Linkletter Show, Kids Say the Darndest Things! For women in menopause, the new version of that show is: Kids Ask the Darndest Questions. In Church this past Sunday, I found myself sitting next to an inquisitive little four-year-old. Prior to the beginning of service, he was squirming around in his...

This is my first blog. It chronicles the first day of my retirement. The information is copied and pasted from a book that I wrote on baby boomer retirement. If the blogging police deem this a crime, I am guilty as charged. The next day I awoke at the usual time, around 7:30, and I went downstairs. My wife was up and about cooking breakfast and getting the house in order. Today was a rare day...

What was I thinking? I took today off of work to offer my services out at my hubby and son's remote control flying club for a special fly-in show. I have a very secret recipe for buffalo wings and am usualy asked to make them . Today was a record turn out.... close to 300 people. I have never done that many wings in my life in one day, not even when I worked in a local wing...