Usher out your old ways and welcome in some new, healthier routines by Michelle Crouch, AARP, January 7, 2022 Bad habit: Sitting too much (Sitting too much is the new smoking! – Kintsugi) Read more HERE.
Read More 5 Bad Health Habits and How to Break ThemHow much do you know about African American leaders and events? by Kenneth Terrell and AARP Staff, Updated June 17, 2021 Go HERE for the quiz. Black History Trivia Quiz (different questions) 25 questions Are you a history guru or a neophyte? Take the quiz to find out. Start
Read More Trivia Quiz: Black HistoryThe competition runs from December 1, 2021, through December 1, 2022, at 11:59 p.m., according to the competition website. In order to participate, you must be at least 25 years old and a resident of the United States. To enter you just have to visit the site here, and fill out the form. Read more HERE.
Read More Haribo to give away 6 night Myrtle Beach vacation in 100 Years of Goldbears SweepstakeBy Julie Zauzmer Weil, Adrian Blanco and Leo Dominguez 1/10/22 From the founding of the United States until long after the Civil War, hundreds of the elected leaders writing the nation’s laws were current or former slaveowners. More than 1,700 people who served in the U.S. Congress in the 18th, 19th, and even 20th centuries owned human beings at some…
Read More More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.According to an NPS release, the annual free admission days “are designed to encourage discovery and visitation of the country’s variety of national parks. With at least one in every state, national parks are accessible places to visit to refresh body, mind, and spirit.” The fee-free entrance dates for 2022 are: Monday, January 17: Martin Luther King, Jr.…
Read More Enjoy 5 Days of Free Admission to America’s National Parks in 2022by John Waggoner, AARP, December 28, 2021 5.9 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to monthly retirement checks and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) checks. Medicare Part B premiums jumped to $170.10 for 2022, an increase of $21.60, from $148.50 in 2021. you must have earned 40 work credits, or the equivalent of 10 years to qualify for benefits Read the…
Read More Biggest Social Security Changes for 2022Hedy Phillips Updated: Nov. 22, 2021 Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I? Go HERE for the answer, and more stumpers.
Read More 78 Riddles for Adults That Will Test Your Smartsold or expired makeup (toss most used makeup after 3 months) kitchen appliances you don’t use (ice cream makers, special waffle irons, cake pop makers, bread machines, etc.) fast food stuff (sauce packets, plastic wear) unexpired food that is in your pantry but that no one wants to eat expired medication (check with drug store…
Read More 31 Things to Get Rid of in JanuaryI Fell in Love with Dried Beans So Much I Joined a Bean Club By Stacey Ballis December 28, 2021 Canned beans are a great time-saver, but it can be difficult sometimes to get the right texture for dishes or to fully eliminate that tinny flavor. But once I started cooking with dried beans myself, I was hooked. Versatile,…
Read More Beans, Beans, the Musical FruitBy Lois M. Collins@Loisco Jan 4, 2022, 10:00pm MST While experts have known for years that children do best when they get plenty of sleep, a new study from BYU published in the journal Sleep says too-little sleep contributes to lousy nutrition choices, which in turn plays a role in the obesity epidemic and its subsequent health problems. Sleep’s…
Read More Want to help kids thrive? Focus on these 5 aspects of healthMakes about 12-15 cookies. Ingredients ½ cup butter ½ cup sugar ½ cup plus 3 tbsp brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup and 2 tbsp flour ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 ¼ cup + 3 tbsp rolled oats. 1 cup + 1 tbsp semisweet chocolate…
Read More Neiman Marcus CookiesMaya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman on a Quarter Lawsuit Says 16 Elite Colleges Are Part of Price-Fixing Cartel (including 2 of my alma maters) The Red Cross says there’s a blood shortage nationwide Jerome Powell says the Fed is prepared to raise rates to tame inflation Medicare Proposes to Cover Aduhelm Only for Patients in…
Read More Did you know…Novelist, folklorist, dramatist, and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston wrote in her memoir, Dust Tracks on a Road, that she was born on January 7, 1891, in Eatonville, Florida, the first incorporated black town in the United States. Listen to Hurston describe and perform songs found in the Florida Folklife from the WPA Collections: “Georgia Skin,” Zora Neale Hurston, June 18,…
Read More Zora Neale HurstonBY AMANDA MCDONALD JANUARY 10, 2022 Packaged Salads Beef Sticks Infant Formula Read the entire list HERE.
Read More These 5 Walmart, Kroger, ALDI and Other Grocery Store Foods Are Being Pulled From Shelves