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Support Independence and Resilience with Leg Extensions - Leg strength is key to maintaining your independence. You can improve your lower body strength with this simple leg exercise. 
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Backyard Birding for Hours of Fun - Using a simple backyard birdblind will provide hours of wonderful birding and probably some awesome photos as well.
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Rock’n & Roll’n … Again! - A delightful and exciting experience worth any distance of flying, hitch hiking, riding a bike, or driving to get there.


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Can I Safely Exercise with Hypertension? - You definitely need to exercise with hypertension. Exercise on a regular basis will help to keep you healthy overall.
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SENIORS IN PAIN: FALLOUT FROM THE OPIOID CRISIS PART 3 - Legislators appear to assume all people on prescribed narcotics are abusers and must be treated like addicts.


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For the Love of Squirrels - I can’t keep cows anymore, and this place is not a good place for a dog, but the squirrels fill that place in my heart.
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Enjoy National French Fry Day - One of the most popular foods in the United States has its own special day: July 13 is National French Fry Day.
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Treehouse: The Kids Can Use It, Too. - I did not build my little crows' nest treehouse for my grandchildren or the neighborhood kids, but they can use it too.


Photo by Lauren Brown.
Following Dad Down the Road to Sobriety - “Dad? He’s not an alcoholic!” The fact that I would make such a claim says a lot about how ignorant we were as a family about alcoholism.