geezerchick

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exercise junkie, married to the best alien on Earth, four grandchildren, ornery dog who is not house-trained, if it's legal, I've probably done it -- for pay

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JUNE 29, 2009 5:12AM

Have You Made This Planet a Better Place Today?

After yoga today, one of the students asked me, “Have You Made the Planet a Better Place Today?†I could hear the capital letters on those words. Once upon a time, that seemed such an easy request. I could plant a garden for healthy food. I could raise children who…

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JUNE 28, 2009 6:41AM

Trying to Exercise on a Cruise Ship

I recently went on a cruise with 100 other science teachers and magicians. Since the ship advertised that it had 3 swimming pools and a gymnasium, I was sure I'd be able to keep up my exercise routine.

The pools were long enough to swim 2 strokes end-to-end and they were full…

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JUNE 27, 2009 7:16AM

Invitations to Science Inquiry Now Free

Remember how excited you were when you saw your first helium balloon? Until then, everything fell DOWN. But here was something surprising. Helium balloons fall UP.

Science teachers have the wonderful task of rousing their students frequently with what are known in the trade as "discrepant events." An… Read full post »

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JUNE 26, 2009 6:55AM

Open Letter to My Future Doctor

I believe that Informed Consent goes both ways. Here is a list of my expectations when I seek medical help. Please let me know if you are comfortable with these expectations.

1) Believe me. I am taking time out of my busy schedule and money out of my budget to seek medical…

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JUNE 25, 2009 7:35AM

Wobble Pillow Freaks Out TSA

I seem to have a knack for upsetting the TSA.
About a year ago when going through the Los Angeles Airport screening, the weather was cool, so I wore a loose sweatshirt instead of a t-shirt. Note: I do not always wear a bra. The TSA examiner ordered me to take…

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JUNE 23, 2009 8:58AM

Raspberries in the Garden

Where ever I have lived, I have left a raspberry patch. Kind of like Johnny Appleseed, but raspberries produce the first or second year after I plant them. Trees make you wait. In Iowa and Colorado, the raspberry patches spread, bigger and more fruitful every year. The yellow raspberries were… Read full post »
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JUNE 21, 2009 12:07PM

Abraham Kills Isaac at a Bat Mitzvah

My husband’s high school friend’s daughter invited us to attend her bat mitzvah. Her Torah portion was the section in which Abraham raises his knife to sacrifice his son Isaac to his God. After reading the story in Hebrew, the young woman took the opportunity to give a sermon on what… Read full post »
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JUNE 19, 2009 11:54AM

I Breathed Dead People

I couldn’t resist the title for this blog. Besides, it’s true. Last December I went to Varanasi, India, where people burn their dead in public. People bring their dead from miles around to burn them on the hills and steps that line the Ganges river. High caste corpses… Read full post »
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JUNE 17, 2009 10:57AM

Flexigirl at Yoga Class

Most of my fellow students at Tuesday morning yoga are gray-haired women. Sometimes men show up. There’s even one young man who shows up because he loves the yoga music. Last Tuesday, Flexigirl joined us. She said she was a beginner. Didn’t know much about yoga. She looked no older than… Read full post »
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JUNE 15, 2009 6:45AM

Arranging a Book Signing

This is an anonymous blog, so the details will be spared. Another Blogger and I recently sold short stories to anthologies printed by the same publisher. This publisher emailed the database of all authors for the current season to each author in the published collections, and promised us $50 each if…

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JUNE 14, 2009 6:37AM

Installing a new Cable Modem

For two weeks now, my internet connection has been on the fritz. A rep from the Comcast cable company came over and ran several tests. He assured me that the problem is not in my house. The company did some repairs on the lines outside and my internet connection came…

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JUNE 13, 2009 9:02AM

Not Your Mother's Cat's Cradle

The school down the street had just let out. A cluster of elementary aged children gathered in a cluster, white strings wrapped intricately about their fingers. I wonder -- are they actually doing cat's cradle? For those of you who don't know, cat's cradle is a string game in which…

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JUNE 12, 2009 5:58AM

The Noisy Bar Down the Block

One day in the early1950s my younger sister came home from nursery school singing, "Davy, Davy Crockett. King of the Wild Frontier. Davy, Davy Crockett. Killed in a bar when he was only three." The record had a different version. "Killed him a b'ar, when he was only three."…

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JUNE 11, 2009 7:21AM

Update on No-Knead Bread

After writing in a previous blog about how home-made bread is disappearing, a reader, Stellaa, asked me if I'd tried no-knead bread. I hadn't. So, I googled it, and found: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html

I made a few minor changes -- I used my 3 quart dutch oven, rather than t… Read full post »
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JUNE 10, 2009 7:52AM

Saving Money on the Web

Most folks who write about saving money treat it as if they're teaching a new skill. Hah! My parents grew up during the depression. They raised me to save and find bargains. One of my mother's extravagances was giving each of us children a penny when she took us…

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JUNE 9, 2009 7:29AM

Since the Cuban Missile Crisis

In September 1962, the beginning of the school year was the end of my feeling that I would lead a normal life. I turned on the radio and learned that there were missiles in Cuba and President Kennedy was willing to go to war, nuclear war, war that could mean the…

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JUNE 8, 2009 7:23AM

Making Bread from Scratch

When I learned to make bread about 40 years ago, it was already an arcane art. I had to read about it in a cookbook. My mother and grandmothers didn't make their own bread. None of my neighbors knew how. And my first loaf wasn't really a loaf. I didn't have…

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JUNE 7, 2009 7:43AM

Princess and the Pea in Yoga

At the beginning of Iyengar Yoga classes, we do what one of my fellow students calls Princess and the Pea. We stack up folded Mexican blankets as high as we need to stack them in order to sit cross-legged with our thighs parallel to the floor. We use Mexican blankets…

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JUNE 6, 2009 7:17AM

Innovative Scientists Denied Tenure and Grants

There's no point in naming names here. This applies to my husband and several of his friends and colleagues. At American colleges and universities, excellence, innovation, creativity, industriousness and imagination are not rewarded. In fact, the scientists who exhibit these traits are likely to be d…

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JUNE 5, 2009 7:04AM

Death With Dignity

I just received a distressing email from Compassionate Choices about a man who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, whose doctor refused to give him the painkillers authorized by Michigan's Death with Dignity law. Like abortion, extreme pain killers are a choice that needs to be made both by the pe…

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JUNE 4, 2009 9:00AM

One-legged Yoga Pre-Tree Pose

Yesterday in my Pilates I learned a new yoga exercise to prepare for tree pose.
Call it Pre-Tree if you want.

I was wobbling on one leg, and hopping around like a young Ent. This helps make my tree pose sturdy and stable.

The goal of the exercise is to transfer weight to one…

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JUNE 3, 2009 6:40AM

More Thoughts on Great Geezer Sex

Geezer sex gets a lot of bad press. Problems with erections. Problems with lubrication. Problems even getting into position. And stories about couples for whom cuddling is enough. 

20 and 30-year-olds look at these stories and get the erroneous idea that geezer sex is inferior to what they currently… Read full post »
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JUNE 2, 2009 6:28AM

7 Reasons Geezers Have Great Sex

1) Familiarity breeds satisfaction. Geezer couples know each other’s bodies and know what the other person enjoys.
Geezer free-lovers know enough techniques to quickly figure out how to please the other. It’s not just about bed-post notching any more. They may not be looking for marriage… Read full post »
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JUNE 1, 2009 6:18AM

If I Had a Gingerbread Hammer

I overdid it at yoga class on Saturday. It all looked so simple. Mountain Pose, Downward Facing Dog, Forward bends supported by the wall.  But, Oh the minor adjustments! On Sunday my legs ached. I biked to the gym. I swam half a mile. But I couldn't make myself go to…

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MAY 30, 2009 7:43AM

You too can be a Weather Witch

When my friend Jean told me she is a weather witch, I did not believe her. But when we went traveling in England, and she went to see a play while my husband and I explored the city on foot, we got drenched.  Afterwards, Jean explained that she could only hold…

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