Life, Health & Home The Cycle of Life


SANTA ROSA, CA. ~ Some days the good times really do roll. I had one of those experi- ences recently having coffee at


Starbucks


after a game of tennis with my tennis bud, 90-year- old Roy. Yes, that's right. This 90 year old guy still plays tennis. In fact, on this day, he was telling me how grateful he is not only to be able to


swing a tennis racquet but to go dancing twice a week. He takes singing lessons,too and is learning how to play the piano. Good grief! This man is as ALIVE as a ten year old. His secret. "There's no secret," says Roy, "unless it's just being grateful for life." For this old man, his life wis- dom is distilled into one word, gratitude.


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I'm drinking in the reflections of the man, even older than I am, when a young mother sits herself at the next table, hold- ing a tiny baby. Mom has that kind of tired glow that new moms have, one foot in the world of deep sat- isfaction, the other in the world of utter exhaus- tion.


I look at her


baby, peeking out at us from a mountain of blankies. Her dark eyes focus on mine for a moment and voila! She smiles at me. Omigosh! There are few things in life more capti- vating as being blessed with a baby's smile. Don't you agree? Hank, I thought to myself, you lucky old dog. This was my day. I was getting a "two- fer." A very old man inspires


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By Hank Mattimore hmattimore@yahoo.com


me by expressing his gratitude for his many years of life and simultaneously, a small baby spanking new to our planet, graces me with a smile at the gift


sugar


Just Chillin’ Redux 3 tablespoons flour


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of her new birth. Life doesn't get much richer. We cycle through the seasons of our lives, hardly conscious of the passing of our years. One minute we are casting wondering eyes from the com- fort of our own "blankies" and the next thing you know we are the old ones,(hopefully) grateful for the gift of life. . I mean to savor the double blessing I received as I sipped some joe outside a coffee shop in Santa Rosa. It will help me get through some of the inevitable losses of life, the tears and the failures, the dark moments that are part of our human condition. I'll be better equipped to hang in there through the tough times because of those few minutes at Starbucks where a 90 year- old man and a little baby gave me a double-barreled reason to drink a toast, "To Life."


In about the same degree as you are helpful, you will be happy.


Karl Reiland


RCU’s Employee Giving Campaign Contributes Over $96,000 to Local United Ways


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ Redwood Credit Union (RCU) recently completed their 2013 United Way workplace giving cam- paign with total contributions of


over $96,000, exceed-


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ing their campaign goal of $95,000. “I’m so proud of the amazing support our employees and Officials show year after year for our annual United Way fundraising cam- paign,” said RCU President & CEO Brett Martinez. “For the fifteenth consecutive year, we have exceeded our campaign


... continued next page He was a bold man that first eat an oyster. ~Jonathan Swift


Mix egg yolks with sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in flour gently. Next beat egg whites until stiff peaks


form. Gently fold


into the mixture in other bowl. Using 8 or 9 in. torte pans


(two for American style…6 for 6 separate layers a la Austrian style), pour in the batter. In pre- heated


oven, bake at


375 degrees. Depending on oven, may take about 15 minutes to get golden.


toothpick.


Test center with Allow to cool.


Filling: You can cheat by buying


jars of Justin’s


Hazelnut Butter (in grocery stores, new—from Boulder, Colorado!) or you can torture yourself to make an “authentic” fill- ing: Need 5 tblspns plus 1 cup of sugar and 5


egg yolks, (of course,


you will use the whites to bake meringues), ½ pound


unsalted butter; also 5 tblspns of strong brewed coffee. Beat the 5 tblspns sugar with egg yolks and cof- fee. Cook in double boiler until thick. Cool. Beat butter with one cup of sugar until


shiny and


thoroughly mixed. Add cooled mixture. Blend well. Add a tablespoon of Grand Marnier, mix. Use filling between lay- ers. Some like to spread it over the cake as well. Or dust with sugar. Or, for a Chocolate Icing recipe: Melt


¾ Marnier. cup tablespoon semisweet


chocolate chips in a double boiler. Add ½ c. butter and a


of Grand Allow to cool.


Spread over top and sides of your authentic Hungarian Mocha Torte! (Refrigerate


before cutting


and serving.) ---Be sure to buy lots of fruits for your vegans! Time to serve Tokay wine… Happy Thanksgiving all!


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