Culturally/relationally: Last weekend my husband and I traveled to Virginia and Maryland to meet the parents of our son’s fiancée and celebrate Chinese New Year with her family. I enjoyed discovering new traditions and taste sensations. Most impressive was the honor and respect shown to the remarkable 93-year old grandmother. Family members came from Beijing, San Francisco and Boston to her neighborhood to celebrate. Every dish in the ten-course banquet was served to her first. While the only language we shared was smiles, that was enough!
Physically: Over the weekend, my daughter gave me a pedometer. After learning of recent research on how walking can grow the hippocampus to keep memory and spatial navigation sharp, I want to walk at least 10,000 steps a day, with as many aerobic as possible. It’s not easy to walk outside for long with the Arctic chill we’ve been having. But yesterday, with the help of my Zumba class, my pedometer logged over 10,100 steps!
Technologically: After visiting an Apple store today, I now own an iPhone. I’ve had an hour of instruction on this device which has endless possibilities and a similar-sized learning curve.
Ironically, at the moment it seems as if each of my world-expansions is bringing more living with less time to write about it! Wonder if I can blog from an iPhone....
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