Tiz Dishes on Art, the Sea, and Living to be 99

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Cheers (They really DO say that over here)!

Mary left a _Redbook_ here, so I took a tip from one of the titles...Bob and I took the train to Dun Laoghaire (pronounced: Dun Lear'y; believe me, we learn all the pronunciations the hard way) Saturday. Although it was quite chilly and windy, we spied a man "of a certain age" taking what I suppose was an invigorating swim. The beach is famous for year round swimming. Because of the weather and the topography, most shorelines here are more for beauty than for swimming. We've seen no evidence of a Florida/California beach culture here.. We spent 3 hours at the National Gallery of Art learning mostly about Irish artist Jack Yeats. He started out drawing things you could recognize and ended up drawing things that needed lengthy explanation. This was attributed not to advancing age, but to his genius. May we all be so charitably treated....Mom turns 99 today. She has enjoyed getting cards from many of you. She had a nice dinner at Andrew's in Paris with Mary, Willie, Kit, Andy, Luke, Bob, Carla, Tom, Marty, Tim, and Megan. Father Zimmerman led the parish in "Happy Birthday" yesterday at Mass. So, I think she's had a nice birthday so far and it's just begun. If you want advice on how to live to be nearly 100, I can share what I've learned. If you are about to bite into something tasty like a Krispy Kreme donut or a Panera cinnamon crunch bagel with hazelnut cream cheese, DON'T DO IT! Throw it out immediately. Go fix yourself a bowl of oatmeal or ONE piece of dry toast. If you are about to drink a hot cup of coffee, POUR IT OUT! Go fix yourself a cup of Lipton's tea, then fix yourself another while you enjoy 1/2 (one half) grapefruit with a teaspoon of sugar. Want chocolate? You may have 1 (one) Pinwheel cookie per day, preferably in the afternoon. Have a yen for fruitcake? Eat all you want! If you're not crying by now, you just may live to 99 yourself...


Yours (unless someone else claims me),

Tizzie/Tiz/Tizmom/Mom/Liz/Elizabeth