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Hans Smeets ..at 75, he has much to teach us. ..Body fat percentage 8.6%. Still in the excellent range for males. Sub 8% considered dangerous.
Today begins our twice weekly hour long yoga sessions.
First women to walk across the United States, Spokane to New York City. A mother and daughter. No males attending. Tougher than thee and me. Read
Books enjoyed in April. Five favorites with asterick.
In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)*
Biblioholism by Tom Raabe
Flash for Freedom by George M. Fraser*
Flashman at the Charge by George M. Fraser
The Writings of Jonathon Swift edited by R.G. Greenberg and W. B. Piper*
Dating Your Mom by Ian Frazier
Madness in the Family by William Saroyan
Flashman and the Redskins by George Fraser
Royal Flash by George M. Fraser
Desert Star by Michael Connelly
The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said by Robert Byrne
My Share of the Task by General Stanley McChrystal
Children of Monsters by Jay Nordlinger
Surviving The Extremes by Kenneth Kamler, M.D.
The Bookman’s Promise by John Dunning
Flashman and the Mountain of Light by G.M. Fraser
Donovan of OSS by Corey Ford*
Erasmus and the Age of Humanism by Johan Huizinger*
So please, oh please, we be beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.
-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDING ON ONE LEG IF YOU ARE A RUNNER
Ditto as you age. A 78 year old runner, following back surgery, was ordered to do it daily. Preferably for life.
Ryan Scoble could hardly breathe. His vision blurred, and his hearing was impaired. Completely disoriented, Scoble, 21, was staring down a grim but familiar diagnosis.
What began as feelings of fatigue grew into struggles breathing as time passed. In 2021, his junior year at Mercyhurst, Scoble was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy — or heart failure — just two months after his father, Steve, received the same diagnosis.
And before Scoble could fight his way back to the field, he fought for his life.