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These four daily tasks for kids: Read something, write something, do some math, and tell you about something. You can hold them accountable by asking if they did their “Magic 4.”

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It’s May Day — a day we used to celebrate as children with folded paper May Day baskets filled with wildflowers, and a dance with colored ribbons around the maypole. But it is also the first day of Older Americans Month, celebrated since 1963.

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I worry when I can’t think of a word that is not even on the tip of my tongue, but hiding somewhere down in my throat. But then I remember: When I was younger and forgot a word, I used a common crutch — words such as thingamajig or whatchamacallit.

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I grew up hearing the adage, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Today we might hear “10,000 steps a day helps keep disease away.” However, a new study out of the University of Cambridge in the U.K. combining results from over 90 studies (representing over 30 million participants!), found that the number of steps in a whole day’s activities is not as significant as the actual number of minutes spent in a brisk walking session.

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After my wife and I spent nine nights visiting our children in San Diego and San Luis Obispo, it was nice to come back home. Back to my regular routines, where I know what to expect each day: Waking up, getting dressed, eating my Cheerios for breakfast, working, and then exercising, eating dinner, watching a comedy, and going to sleep. Not the most exciting, but familiar.