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Jan 25, 2018 01:15PM
Thanks Heather for the update.
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Thanks, Heather. Am so incredibly heart sick. Gill is such a wonderful person. Will never forget reading Faulkner with her. Such a great lady.
Thanks for the update, Heather. This is awful news indeed.
I didn't know Gill for very long but she seems like such a nice person. This is so sad.
Thinking about Gill and also Terri. I haven’t heard anything further from Terri. I don’t want to pry but I may drop her a note.Today it’s supposed to be around 47 degrees and rainy in upstate NY , then the cold comes back next week. We’ll be in Florida for the month of February and I’m looking forward to sunshine and warmer temperatures.
It’s been a busy week with appointments and getting ready for our trip. Today is a birthday party for my 17 year old granddaughter, whose party was rescheduled from the weekend we had a foot and a half of snow!
Today is also my mother’s birthday. She would have been 92. Bringing flowers to the cemetery this afternoon.
I read that today if International Holocaust Remembrance Day . So important to never forget the over 6 million Jews who were killed and those who survived the atrocities.
Angela M wrote: "Thinking about Gill and also Terri. I haven’t heard anything further from Terri. I don’t want to pry but I may drop her a note.Today it’s supposed to be around 47 degrees and rainy in upstate NY ..."
Sorry about your mum. It's nice to remember all the good memories you have of her on such a day.
Charbel wrote: "Oh no! Is Gill Ok? Is she ill?"Just saw her profile. I had no idea.
Charbel wrote: "Charbel wrote: "Oh no! Is Gill Ok? Is she ill?"Just saw her profile. I had no idea."
It was a bit of a bombshell when she first let us know last year! Jean has posted a bit more information in the Reading for Pleasure group, but you have to be a member to see it :/
Angela M wrote: "Today is also my mother’s birthday. She would have been 92. Bringing flowers to the cemetery this afternoon..."My thoughts are with you Angela -- it must have been a difficult day.
I will put Gill in my prayers. I don't know her but it's sad to hear of anyone struggeling with there health. My mom just fell and fractured her femor, she had 3 pins put in and is on the road to recovery, I hope but she's 84 with lung cancer, so you never know. My thoughts are also with Angela it's very hard to lose someone you love!
Leslie and Rebecca, thank you . Always harder on the special days.
Leslie wrote: "Charbel wrote: "Charbel wrote: "Oh no! Is Gill Ok? Is she ill?"Just saw her profile. I had no idea."
It was a bit of a bombshell when she first let us know last year! Jean has posted a bit more ..."
I saw it, and Jean filled me in. Poor Gill.
Regarding Gill's ongoing health: Yes, I saw Jean's post in RFP via GR Homepage but have left it to our Mods here to decide whether to fill us in.
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Leslie wrote: "It was a bit of a bombshell when she first let us know last year! Jean has posted a bit more information in the Reading for Pleasure group, but you have to be a member to see it :/ ..."Here is a link: LINK HERE which should work for all. Please start at message 545.
Mods, please excuse me linking elsewhere, which I realise may be unusual protocol, but these are exceptional circumstances.
I have been messaging with Bette and a few other friends here about this over the past fortnight, and am happy to pm any concerned friend with more news.
Thanks Jean for sharing the discussion of the other group. Gill is such a strong and brave woman. I really admire her courage and the love she feels for every moment of her life. Indeed, a precious life and she has been able to understand it. She is an inspiration for everyone.
My prayers are with Gill and her family.
Coincidence? Today my GR challenge asked me if I had read Death Be Not Proud this year. I hadn't thought about this book in years - for those unfamiliar with it, it is the memoir of a journalist whose son has an ultimately fatal brain tumor.
Thanks, Jean. I cannot say I know Gill very well, although naturally I have talked to her many times in this group. We never had the chance to have private conversations, though, which is a shame. I've always known her to be a great, brave person. What you wrote in the other group made me cry a little, but I know she wouldn't want that, so I'm trying to compose myself.
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And I've just finishe dreading Con molta cura by Severino Cesari - pity it is not translated into Italian. He was a rather famous journalist and curator of an editorial line of Einaudi - one of the most prominent Publishing House in Italy. It is the collecion of most of his posts on Facebook during his illness, ended last november with his death. It is not only on illness and cure, but also, or even mainly, on life, courage, books, nature, family, friends.
He faced his illness like Gill is, and I've liked his book a lot.
The review is sadly in Italian, consiostin of some quotes I particularly appreciated. Still give it a look:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Is anyone observing The Season for Non-Violence ?Or “The 64 Daily Practices That Make A Difference”?
http://gandhiinstitute.org/SVN/docs/6...
I have thought about Gill and wondered how she is doing. Thank you for the update.Leslie, I read Death Be Not Proud when I was a teenager. I think I still have it.
Marina, re your books, I guess miracles do happen. I am very happy for you.
Joan wrote: "Is anyone observing The Season for Non-Violence ?Or “The 64 Daily Practices That Make A Difference”?
http://gandhiinstitute.org/SVN/docs/6..."
No, but I practise yoga since 13 years and I have followed for many years also some theoretical lessons about yoga and hinduism, and of course I have read a lot of books about it.
I gave a look to the Word file and I would really hope that everyone tries to follow those advices. But not a different one for every day, but all of those every day, for the whole life :D
It isn't easy, not at all, but we have at least to try. I have to say that sometimes only the will isn't enough to put into practice those advices, and that yoga really helped me to change and many of those things now come by their own.
Thanks Dely, I tend to see the world through mud-colored glasses so one attitude shift a day is a challenge :-)
dely, I know yoga is good and everybody proclaims its merit, but a number of years back I worked with it for almost one year. It made me feel worse and wrecked havoc with my balance. I had advice from doctors and they advised me to stop. I just think people should be aware of the fact that it doesn't necessarily work for everyone. I thought it could not possibly hurt, but I was wrong.
Chrissie, I didn't think yoga could hurt either, but then my mother started taking yoga classes and she said some positions hurt a lot. She had breast cancer some years ago and all of her lymph nodes in the armpit removed, so her teacher said that was the reason and that she shouldn't do some of the positions. I guess it's very different for all of us, like most things actually.
Chrissie wrote: "dely, I know yoga is good and everybody proclaims its merit, but a number of years back I worked with it for almost one year. It made me feel worse and wrecked havoc with my balance. I had advice f..."Yoga can hurt, above all if we choose wrong teachers who don't know who can do what. Yoga is now "trendy" and you find several "kinds" of yoga and such bad teachers. I know one here (the city is small so everyone knows perfectly who he was!) and he proclaims to be a kind of guru. Sadly there are a lot of people who follow him.
I just opened my mouth b/c everyone thinks yoga an do no damage and that is not true.
There are many things, positions in yoga I can not do because of my MS. There is a studio in town that caters to these types of illnesses, mainly the easier stretches and calming poses. These do help me at times, sometimes not. I seem to react better to Tai chi.
Diane S ☔ wrote: "There are many things, positions in yoga I can not do because of my MS. There is a studio in town that caters to these types of illnesses, mainly the easier stretches and calming poses. These do he..."I have tried Tai Chi only once, but it isn't for me. I think the important thing is that everyone finds what works better with him/her. I was, for ex., in love with Yoga after the first lesson and I felt that it was exactly what I needed. Since then I never stopped and I never looked for other teachers.
I did tai chi, but that was a good forty years ago. I think the most important is the instructor.
Tai Chi seems okay for me so far, like Chrissie yoga did not work for me but I enjoyed Pilates for years.
I'm a fan of tai-chi. I've been taking classes for about 5 years now and lucked out with a very good teacher. I've never tried yoga but might give it a try after I retire and have more time to fit things into my day.
I want to get fit but have trouble finding something to suit me. I can't do all the aerobics and zoomba stuff because with my vertigo even a little bit of turning makes me dizzy and want to heave.Yoga and Pilates I found so boirng I would lose concentration and start planning the evening meal with shopping list and had no motivation.
But when I was younger I did self-defense based on Judo and martials arts which I really enjoyed. Now I have a friends who run a Thai-Kick boxing dojo and I tried their self-defense class.
At first I could hardly make it through the hour and every week I would find myself searching for an excuse not to go but most of the time I enjoyed it and definitely felt the benefits.
This year I can't go because of studying commitments but I miss it.
Esther, walking is good exercise. Fresh air and a nice view improves one's humor. Coming home tired is actually nice.
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Esther, I agree. Walking can be really helpful, and you could listen to music or an audiobook too
When it is nice out I love walking along the river. We have a great Riverwalk that goes quite a long distance, with benches along the way. Not only great exercise, but relaxing as well.
Marina wrote: "Chrissie, I didn't think yoga could hurt either, but then my mother started taking yoga classes and she said some positions hurt a lot. She had breast cancer some years ago and all of her lymph nod..."Also, some yoga poses should be avoided if you have certain injuries, and there is at least one questionable one (I did it perfectly but it was bad for my neck BEFORE I had any sort of injury) http://www.smarterbodies.com/yoga/why... .
That said, the are some great stretches in yoga, but as with any excercise, be wise. There is another stretch that exacerbated an existing issue I had, but it isn't the exercise per se but that the way my body is it was not good for me personally. I never do it anymore.
What is good about walking is that it is pretty hard to do damage to your body. If I do exercises I tend to overdo them and end up hurting myself.
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I walk about an hour a day, to and fro my work and around the city!
Also when it rains
Before I got a car I used to walk everywhere. For me walking is not just a good way to exercise it is a way to reduce stress. When I am angry, anxious or stressed out I will go for a walk. I always end up feeling better afterward.
Chrissie wrote: "Esther, walking is good exercise. Fresh air and a nice view improves one's humor. Coming home tired is actually nice."I walk a lot anyway. I don't drive and so I use public transport. It is about a 1.5 miles from the bus stop to my office so I do at least that twice a day.
The problem is I live somewhere on the top of a hill. When the children were small I thought it would be good exercise walking the children to school. A third of the walk was steep steps and a third a steep hill which I did 4 times a day for 4 years.
I didn't lose any weight and didn't really get fitter but I did develope massive calf muscles from the steps so now I can only wear ankle boots in winter. :0(
When my husband goes out on the bike I sometimes walk along the shore but that is only at the weekends in Summer and only if I don't have something urgent to attend to at work.
Esther, I know what you mean about thick calves.......... I have them too and I thought it was just me. On top of that I am short. Getting boots that fit is difficult. But the good in the bad is that my feet at the toes have spread out so I need a wide toed boot which ,means I can usually get a larger size. I didn't know people's feet change when they get older!
Fitting exercise in daily and working IS a challenge, but look how walking helped Alannah!.
I don't know how far I walk per day, just that I walk for about two hours in the morning and 45 minutes in the afternoon. (And there is a huge difference between walking against the wind and in dry or wet sand......but you do know when you are pooped!)
Are you saying you are exercising to loose weight? If that is the case, maybe you have to eat less? Exercise is also important for body tone. I know loosing weight is hard. Keeping it off is even harder. BUT you do feel better when you weigh less; it is hard to keep this stuck in your head though.
Just wanted to let you know that I heard from Diane S yesterday and she was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Many of you may know she has asthma and she was having serious breathing issues. I heard from her this am and she is on oxygen, heavy duty iv steroids and other medicines .Wishing her a speedy recovery as I’m sure you all are !
Chrissie wrote: "Esther, I know what you mean about thick calves.......... I have them too and I thought it was just me. On top of that I am short. Getting boots that fit is difficult. But the good in the bad is th..."My feet got bigger after my second pregnancy.
As for walking - I don't have TV at my house because I am not happy with most of the programming, news etc. (I watch movies on the computer or at the cinema.) But I work out at Planet Fitness 6 times per week.
My concept is, if the program isn't worth doing cardio while watching it, I probably shouldn't be watching it.
Angela M wrote: "Just wanted to let you know that I heard from Diane S yesterday and she was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Many of you may know she has asthma and she was having serious breathing issues. I he..."Damn, damn, damn all the things that happen in this world. Angela, next time you talk to her please send her my heartfelt wishes and tell her I am thinking of her.
Gisela wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "Esther, I know what you mean about thick calves.......... I have them too and I thought it was just me. On top of that I am short. Getting boots that fit is difficult. But the good..."I saw now that you use a Klimt as your avatar. Good stuff.
I have never before heard of bigger feet after pregnancy.........
Ya know there are not many of us who do not EVER look at TV--you and I and a few others? I don't do movies anymore either, but that is because of my vision........and because I love French films over all the rest although my French is going down the drain. This explains why I have time to read/listen to so many audiobooks; the good in the bad again.
Chrissie , I will . Diane was on Goodreads this morning. She says she will post reviews but probably not a lot of chat . So she may be reading these posts but I will let her know .
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