BOOMER Magazine: June 2019
“When are you going to retire?” is a question I am asked almost every day. I love what I do and the people I work with. Why do I have to retire? I can see it now – my company would throw me a nice retirement party, everyone would say enjoy your life, have fun, goodbye! And then they’d find me at my desk the next day. I understand that some people can’t wait to retire – they hate their jobs, or can’t physically do them anymore or they’ve worked hard and saved enough money to be able to spend the rest of their lives without the constraints of time clocks, grumpy bosses, or millennials! My point is, retire, or don’t. Luckily, with the great advances in health care, more and more of us keep on working (and playing) into our 70’s and even our 80’s! In this issue of Sacramento Boomer we feature articles of interest to anyone regardless of work status. If you are wondering how to make sure you aren’t a target for financial fraud, turn to page 32 and read how to protect yourself from these ever more sophisticated scammers. Now that warmer weather is here, we offer up 10 gardening tips for the rookie gardener. I took up gardening last year for the first time and discovered that one little tomato plant produces A LOT of fruit! For you travel bugs, how about a trip to Japan? Read about this fascinating and beautiful country on page 52. If you are less into traveling afar but want to get outside, we offer up a hiking day trip on page 14 and if you are interested in volunteering, learn how you can help repair homes in the Sacramento area (page 28). And as always we offer up advice on health & wellness, deliver some delicious recipes to you and so much more. So enjoy our 2nd issue of the new Sacramento Boomer. Oh, and let me know if you’d like some tomatoes. This year’s crop is going to be amazing! By Debra Linn Associate Publisher
“When are you going to retire?” is a question I am asked almost every day. I love what I do and the people I work with. Why do I have to retire? I can see it now – my company would throw me a nice retirement party, everyone would say enjoy your life, have fun, goodbye! And then they’d find me at my desk the next day. I understand that some people can’t wait to retire – they hate their jobs, or can’t physically do them anymore or they’ve worked hard and saved enough money to be able to spend the rest of their lives without the constraints of time clocks, grumpy bosses, or millennials! My point is, retire, or don’t. Luckily, with the great advances in health care, more and more of us keep on working (and playing) into our 70’s and even our 80’s!
In this issue of Sacramento Boomer we feature articles of interest to anyone regardless of work status. If you are wondering how to make sure you aren’t a target for financial fraud, turn to page 32 and read how to protect yourself from these ever more sophisticated scammers. Now that warmer weather is here, we offer up 10 gardening tips for the rookie gardener. I took up gardening last year for the first time and discovered that one little tomato plant produces A LOT of fruit!
For you travel bugs, how about a trip to Japan? Read about this fascinating and beautiful country on page 52. If you are less into traveling afar but want to get outside, we offer up a hiking day trip on page 14 and if you are interested in volunteering, learn how you can help repair homes in the Sacramento area (page 28).
And as always we offer up advice on health & wellness, deliver some delicious recipes to you and so much more.
So enjoy our 2nd issue of the new Sacramento Boomer. Oh, and let me know if you’d like some tomatoes. This year’s crop is going to be amazing!
By Debra Linn
Associate Publisher
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Brain Food<br />
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How Does Your<br />
Garden<br />
Grow?<br />
A Custom Crossword<br />
by Gail Marie Beckman<br />
702-869-6416, customcrosswords.com<br />
ACROSS<br />
1. Variety of plant passed down over a long<br />
period of time<br />
6. Companion ________ attracts the proper<br />
insects<br />
12. Particular lettuce<br />
14. Between sol and ti<br />
15. Often gardeners will ___ down middle<br />
branches to promote more budding<br />
16. Follows gold or candy<br />
18. Symbol for copper<br />
19. It's "the limit"<br />
20. Chromium symbol<br />
21. Elevated areas for better drainage (2<br />
wds)<br />
25. Leaf supporter<br />
26. Have an audible chuckle (initials)<br />
27. Insulation that releases its nutrients into<br />
the earth<br />
29. Deer homonym<br />
32. Short for company<br />
33. Sandwich joint, shortened<br />
34. Word in the start of some fairy tales<br />
36. Smaller than trunks<br />
37. Short for rheumatoid arthritis<br />
39. Intellectual property, shortened<br />
40. Potting ____<br />
42. Certain lean meat<br />
44. Short for grand touring<br />
45. Foundation of more than plants<br />
46. Either partner<br />
47. Precedes IOU<br />
48. The addition of nutrients to assist in<br />
growth<br />
52. UFO pilot<br />
54. Kitchen Police, shortened<br />
55. Overeat; ____ the refrigerator<br />
56. Exists<br />
58. Bring back to health<br />
61. Certain root paste<br />
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29 30 31 32 33 34 35<br />
36 37<br />
38 39 40 41 42 43 44<br />
45 46 47<br />
48 49 50 51<br />
52 53 54 55 56 57<br />
58 59 60 61 62<br />
63 64 65 66 67<br />
68 69 70 71<br />
72 73<br />
74 75 76 77<br />
78 79<br />
62. Cold and slick roads, perhaps<br />
63. Time increment (abbr)<br />
64. Gardens in water<br />
68. Atop<br />
69. Short for operation<br />
70. Farmer's follower<br />
72. Certain perennials<br />
74. Public relations, shortened<br />
75. SSW opposite<br />
76. High or low card<br />
78. Fixing the sides of the lawn<br />
79. Particular pH measure<br />
DOWN<br />
1. Created from two different species or<br />
varieties<br />
2. 57 down, for example<br />
3. Even, like a playing field<br />
4. Comes before GYN<br />
5. Field critters<br />
6. Peanut butter, shortened<br />
7. Another pH measurement<br />
8. Negative vote<br />
9. That thing<br />
10. Pleasant<br />
11. Sprout the seeds<br />
13. Plant protuberance<br />
17. Associate of Arts, for short<br />
22. Boat parking<br />
23. Bloom<br />
24. Aroma; odor<br />
25. Prepare corn<br />
28. Underwriter's Laboratory, for short<br />
30. Einsteinium symbol<br />
31. In total awe<br />
35. Derived from plants or animals<br />
38. Building for cultivating<br />
41. Mining find<br />
43. Did the yard<br />
48. Associated Press, shortened<br />
49. Lacks water, perhaps?<br />
50. Follows water or precedes attraction<br />
51. Link between weird and neither<br />
53. Flip over, like compost<br />
54. Opener<br />
57. Drip line _______<br />
59. Librarian utterance?<br />
60. Part of the plant where shoots and roots<br />
emerge<br />
61. What rapport and gripping have in<br />
common<br />
65. Shows its petals<br />
66. Instant Messenger, for short<br />
67. Jr's Dad<br />
71. Cousin of crochet<br />
72. Certain wkdy.<br />
73. About (abbr)<br />
74. Rating for youth (abbr)<br />
76. Cooling syst.<br />
77. 101, Roman<br />
For the answers, visit sacboomer.com.<br />
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