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Wondering About Wills And Such

Where there's a will, there's a ... will?I wonder.Filed with the wills of my wife and myself are "advance directives." They whether we want doctors and hospital staff to try to bring us back to life if we are clinically dead or nearly so.They also specify the people we have named to act for us if we are unable to act for ourselves in matters medical and financial.I prefer to not be resuscitated if I am in extremis. I have had a long and full life, and have no great fear of being dead. Actually, I "die" in one sense every night. Shakespeare called sleep our "little death," with good ...

I was watching a video the other day in which the speaker said we get caught up in the rhythm of our lives: we get up, we eat, get paid and go home.Pastor Steven Furtick of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, repeated theses phrases in a march that slowly turned into a crawl.Sometimes, we follow the beat of a dull drum. (Get it? Doldrums. Dull drum.)We're so focused on our routine or our schedule and following the steps involved that we don't appreciate that it could veer off into adventure at any moment. Life isn't a stagnant, boring kind of thing.Rather, it is a winding, ...

Audubon Taking Reservations For Enchanted Forest

The Jamestown Audubon Nature Center will host its Enchanted Forest in October, though reservations will be accepted starting Sept. 12.The Audubon Nature Center's annual Enchanted Forest is a non-scary Halloween event held this year Friday and Saturday, Oct. 7-8. Evenings begin with stories and songs at a backyard campfire. Then participants will be escorted around a luminary-lit trail by volunteer "fireflies" who light the way with lanterns. Larger-than-life-sized animals tell about their lives, sharing information through stories.After about a 45-minute walk, those attending can take ...

Tips And Tricks To Keep You Healthy This Fall

Leaves turn bright and crunchy under your feet, and temperatures get more comfortable. Fall is a great time to sign off Facebook and head outside! No matter what the season - spending more time outside is good for your body and your mind.Healthy snacking can keep you energized and prevent you from pigging out on sweets or other junk. String cheese, a handful of nuts, whole-grain crackers, or an apple, make easy grab-and-go snacks.Walk or bike to the grocery store. It's good exercise and you won't buy more than you need if you are carrying things home.Cutting salt in your diet can help to ...

Brothers And Sisters

Many of us know what sibling rivalry is; and some may have experienced it growing up; and some may think that sibling rivalry was all negative between brothers and/or sisters; but when the chips were down, or someone tried to say something bad about your sister or brother - almost inevitably - you were there to defend your sibling. It was like you could say anything about, or do anything to, your sibling - but beware to anyone else who tried to do or say anything to or about your brother or sister.Television programming back in our day and even later on as we grew older was packed with ...

Here A Raccoon, There A Racoon

I absolutely adore country life.Never a city gal (beyond occasional - very brief - imaginings), I grew up and was generally quite content in smallish towns. Unlike a Connecticut classmate, I always knew what existed between one town and the next. Still, rural was as foreign to me as Gramercy Park.Till I moved.Friends regale me now with their tales of coyote and fox families and the bear who lives not too far into the woods. I hear the coyotes often, had a shepherd's crook bent double by a marauding bear (but only once) and would find a rare sighting of a fox worth sharing.Early in my ...