Keep Muscles Toned for a Better Quality of Life

Fitness and health...

Maintaining muscle tone is easier than you think.

Paying close attention to one element throughout our lives can drastically change our quality of life as we age.  What is it?  It's muscle, theatlantic.com reports.

Maintaining it is one of the most important things we can do, and doing so doesn't mean hours in the gym. It's much easier than most people realze, theatlantic added.

For more about a topic important to your fitness and health : http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/ensure-2017/the-unseen-role-our-muscles-play-in-getting-older/1350/

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Smile: We're Off to a New Week

Fun...

I think Edward Hopper would have enjoyed seeing his painting with motion.

For fun videos:

-- Audible: Night train: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wI1u/audible-com-night-train

-- Audible: Sci-Fi: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AA9e/audible-com-stories-that-surround-you-sci-fi

-- Audible: Stories that surround you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRUUq3ejcCU

-- Ancestry: Declaration descendants: https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/303615/ancestrycom-tv-ad-features-declaration-of-indepen.html

-- Dos Equis: The most interesting man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX4yPT4BJWk

-- Old Spice: Jungle hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pQvASUmEsA

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Musical Moments: Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 21

Wonderful...

 Multnomah Falls, Oregon.

Musical Moments features music and artists I've enjoyed over the years.

Today's selection is Mozart's wonderful Piano Concerto No. 21: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df-eLzao63I

Photos: Pinterest.

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Darien Ends Busy Summer Real Estate Week

Weekly update...

A rocky stream bed in summer.

Darien ended a busy summer residential real estate week today.

Results, according to the Darien MLS, were:

-- Three new listings of property for sale;
-- 15 price changes;
-- Six accepted offers;
-- No properties going under contract, and
-- Nine closings.

For more:

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New Tick Season Raises Disease Concerns

Tick surge likely...

Be on the lookout for a possible tick increase this summer.

Everybody knows about Lyme disease. But experts say the Northern United States may be in for a bad tick season this summer, raising concerns about Lyme and other scary tick-borne diseases, including the Powassan virus, which causes encephalitis and can leave people with permanent neurological damage, Dr. Perri Klass reports on nytimes.com.

“This spring definitely seems worse than others I remember,” said Dr. Catherine Wiley, chief of general pediatrics at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center. “People are coming in from the yard with numerous ticks on them.”

For more, including tips on how to cope with a possible tick surge this summer: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/03/well/family/with-a-tick-boom-its-not-just-lyme-disease-you-have-to-fear.html?smid=nytcore-iphone-share&smprod=nytcore-iphone

Photo: nytimes.com.

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Beware of Fake Friends Requests on Facebook

Be careful out there...

I received a Facebook friend request this week from a good friend I've been connected with on the social media service for several years.

That's odd, I thought so I emailed him and asked if he had really sent the request.

No, he replied, and warned, it's a fake. Don't open it.  He also sent along the excellent article below.

Fake friends requests are a scam, Jennifer Folly reports on usatoday.com.

To see how it works and what you can do about it: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2017/02/17/attack-of-the-facebook-fakes/97764610/

Thanks for the good advice, Andy.

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Musical Moments: Flying Over America

Happy Fourth of July...

Old Glory out for a cruise.

Musical Moments features music and artists I've enjoyed over the years.

Here's a wonderful way to enjoy the Fourth -- Flying Over America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcuDdPo0WZk

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