While preparing for Thanksgiving Day Dinner....

Let you mind do a little wandering.  Try this exercise for visual span and processing speed.

What? Me Cook?

Sitting on Ready...Waiting on Grandson

I am on "Baby Watch"  awaiting the arrival of grandson #4.  Waiting through those last days and hours of pregnancy is far easier on this end.  I have had time to crunch the acorns under my feet and pick a grapefruit.  No labor pains for me...delivery is not so hard this time around, but I'll be there to catch him.

Meanwhile, I found this great game to take my mind off the waiting:

Blockage

How's your memory?

Here is a quick and easy memory game that you can tune in to daily.  The focus is short term and that's the one we need to polish, as it is the first to go.  My personal best is 17.  Can you best me?

Just Memory

Zumba is Gold

Currently 6 million people take Zumba classes each week in one of 50,000 locations in 75 countries. But what you may not know is that Zumba isn’t just for the young and fit. It’s a great way for older adults to get in shape too. 

Zumba Gold

Get a Grip

Reuters reports on a new study that gives four measures of physical capability that indicate longevity. 
Seniors who can still give a firm handshake and walk at a brisk pace are likely to live longer than those who can't, according to British researchers.  Read this article to see if all these indicators are in you.
Get a grip

Try this brain sharpener!

I enjoyed this strategy-developing exercise.  Remember, brain training is more than memory practice.  While memory is important, we sometimes stress over forgetfulness that is completely unrelated to cognitive decline and simply a fact of everyday life.  It happens to 19 year olds! 
This one is not a timed procedure.  Speed is not a factor.  Take your time and enjoy it and then make it part of your brain-training regimen.



Skyscrapers

I have spent a considerable amount of time researching the prospect of aging.  While I am inherently interested in much of the science that has been published, my friends, colleagues, fellow boomers and prime timers want to laugh and reminisce and be reminded of the times gone by, yet there is some enthusiasm for what is to come.  So for this first post, I wanted to point the way to a few of the sites that I have come to enjoy.

Suddenly Senior is a place for everyone who has become a senior before their time.  The site is replete with trivia, jokes, senior columnists' advice, political rantings, and, close to my heart...tales from the way it was.  There's much to peruse.  Take a look.

At This Old Brain, Mike Kirkeberg writes about boomers rediscovering, repurposing, and reinventing aging.  His posts are relevant to our station in life.  There is much to ponder in these discourses.  Reading Mike is like having a conversation with friends at a high school reunion, the ones that start, "How did we get here?"  I think we can appreciate and be encouraged by his old brain.