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Up from the sofa, lace on the shoes, and out the door. We know that sitting is the new smoking, but how to get from the sofa to actually looking forward to walking a few thousand steps a day. This is the book to motivate you, give you some ideas to keep you going, a few suggestions about types of walks, a hazard warning, and more. Do you find it a joke that simple walking now has its own tech assist list? Motivators like step counters and podcasts can help. We walk through some choices. Oh, and what is Elder, anyhow? Let's reclaim the word. It doesn't mean decrepit any more. Written by an ...

Born 2 years after the US Constitution became the law of the land, Bathsheba Brooks lived her whole life in Lincoln, Massachusetts, 18 miles northwest of Boston. Her own ancestors had arrived in the 1600s, and her grandfathers fought in the Revolution. She was educated in Lincoln in the Liberal School, by Dr. Charles Stearns, the Congregational minister for the town. Married to Elijah Fiske, she bore five children. As she lived her life, Lincoln and the country changed. Massachusetts abandoned state-sponsored religion, trains came through the town, and several of her children and step ...

Eighth grade should be great. But Tina learns she needs to come up with $900 for the school trip. Mama’s been laid off, no Dad in the picture. Now what? Money Is only the beginning of the challenges the year would bring. What can a kid do about adult problems? If she has a goldmine house, she’s got a good start on fixing them. And maybe even figuring out the “who’s my dad?” question.

Stupid Covid! Tina is in the middle of her freshman year at Central High when the pandemic hits... School, jobs, volunteering, friendships all come to a screeching halt. Even the connection with her best friend, Julie is fading. Life on Zoom takes center stage. It doesn’t come close to picking up the slack, but what else is there? How do Tina and her friends learn to cope? In a million different ways, that’s how. Tina takes you on a tour of her life on the inside and whatever glimpses of the world outside she’s still able to reach. It's a good thing bicycling is OK. Was your ...

Tina is flying 4000 miles for the family of the father she has never met... She has her Dad Book, a blank notebook to fill up with everything she learns... She has a cell phone that can’t make calls, and a bundle of relatives she’s nervously eager to get to know. Tina finds her family, a Saudi prince, a bicycle, someone who wishes she had not traveled to the Netherlands, a history, and a country's tragedy that is way too upfront and personal. What else can a 14-year- old learn in three weeks? Find out now!

First year of high school.... Algebra, history, new friends, and a fight with the US government... When you think the government is wrong and unfair, you can fight back, but at what cost? Besides the new courses and friends there's a new volunteer job, and dealing with a nearly deaf ear.. One of those new friends is in the middle of an immigration crisis that may deport her whole family in a day. Can Tina help? See what’s possible, and what are dead ends. So many dead ends. But is there any way to stop ICE from putting her friend’s family on a plane in handcuffs? It seems impossible, ...