October Is Healthy Lung Month

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The lungs are amazing structures Natural treatment at Lung Health that allow your body to bring in Institute oxygen and release carbon dioxide. The health care team at Lung This exchange is the basis for a Health Institute offers natural number of other processes in your treatment options for chronic lung body. However, patients with other diseases like COPD. One of the chronic lung diseases can have issues breathing normally. Lung detox is one way that you might be able to See LUNGS on page B6 improve your ability to breathe. natural treatment options is the What is a lung detox? Anti-Inflammatory Initiative Lung detox is a natural (AI2). A huge component of this process that your body uses to initiative is information about cleanse harmful materials from many lung-healthy food options, the lungs. There are many including kale, as well as specific “medicines” and other products recipes that are designed to help that claim to help with lung detox, your lungs. This plan also but the best option for includes exercise tips, sleeping successfully detoxing your lungs tips and relaxation advice. All is to avoid exposing them to these natural methods are airborne pollutants. combined with the intention of For those who smoke, this helping boost your immune will mean quitting smoking, since system and training your body to smoking deposits toxic chemicals fight inflammation using fats. and tar in your airways and lungs. Contact a Lung Health Over time, these toxins can Institute patient coordinator damage airways and lung tissue (lunginstitute.com) for more and make it harder to breathe. information or to schedule a free Also, vaping can lead to similar consultation. types of lung damage. Quitting From lunginstitute.com/blog. smoking or vaping is one of the best natural ways to increase the success of lung detox. Other natural ways to increase the success of lung detox Making dietary changes— Studies show that antioxidants can help cleanse toxins from the body, and you can get more antioxidants by eating foods like leafy green vegetables and berries. Vitamins like vitamin C have also been shown to help the lung detox process by reducing inflammatory chemicals in the body. Exercising regularly— Aerobic exercise can be beneficial because studies show it improves blood flow to the lungs. Lung blood flow improvements can allow the body to move more toxins to the liver and kidneys, and these organs can then filter them out of the blood and remove them from your body. Any small exercise you can do can help. Improving indoor air quality—Most people are aware that outdoor air quality can be bad, but you might not know that the air quality inside your home can be just as bad or worse. There are simple steps you can take to improve indoor air quality, such as bringing in more plants that filter toxins and changing your HVAC system’s filters regularly.

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Wellness True or false? Alcohol is good for your heart.

To imbibe or not to imbibe? It’s moderate alcohol consumption and an open question. For many people, better heart health may be there is nothing wrong with enjoying misleading. And indeed, studies that a glass of wine or other alcoholic account for people’s baseline health May Gratitute drink at night. But if you are doing it have shown less benefit. for the reported heart health benefits, If you enjoy alcohol, be sure to Excercise at night you may want to reconsider. stay within the guidelines for While research is crystal clear moderation and talk with your that heavy drinking is extremely physician about how your overall harmful for health, the research on Morning warning: health, family history, medication moderate drinking (up to a drink a day Your cup of joe might increase sugar cravings! use, and other risk factors influence June Rise and shine for women and two for men) is more the way alcohol affects you. For your complex. With some studies heart, stick with the habits that have throughout the years indicating that Enjoy your beverage, but do not do it for your heart! been shown to help, such as regular Buoy your mood adults who drink moderately have exercise, a diet that is rich in colorful lower rates of heart disease than But examining the data more of abstainers also included former vegetables and beneficial fats, and resistance excerices people who abstain, the notion that closely leads to a different drinkers who quit for health reasons caring, supportive relationships. “alcohol is good for your heart” took conclusion, according to a new and people who never drank because Those habits leave you feeling fine in hold. research analysis. Since the group of poor health, the link between the morning, too! July Social media ruining mood family harmony-get outside New reasons to eat dark Aug Automatic eater chocolate. SMART about health goals

Sept Coffee make eating more sugar Practice mindfulness Brain food alert: A little chocolate may help keep you sharp! We tell you all the time that vegetables and fruit are good for you. But have we mentioned lately the benefits of one of the most decadent treats of all? Chocolate! A new review shines a light on how this plant-derived food helps your brain. Research shows chocolate has both short-term and long-term cognitive benefits. Cocoa beans, used to make chocolate, contain phytonutrients known as flavanols, which have beneficial polyphenol activity in the body and may lower blood pressure, improve blood flow to the brain and heart, and make blood platelets less sticky and likely to clot. Soon after you eat flavanol-rich chocolate, you may experience improvement in working memory (the system that lets you temporarily store and manage information) and in the way your brain processes visual information. There is also some evidence chocolate may encourage the bacteria in your gut to generate anti-inflammatory compounds. Keep in mind, though, not all chocolate is created equal—by a long shot! Conventional candy bars tend to be high in sugar, fat and junky ingredients, and the more chocolate is processed, the more flavanols are lost. Maximize the benefits by aiming for about an ounce of good- quality dark chocolate a day.

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The Healthy Geezer Heart rhythms march to different drummers By Fred Cicetti

Q: My father was diagnosed very fast and irregular contraction of This piece makes me Atrial Fibrillation— the atria. Because the atria are with SVT? Is that bad? want to be a A: S V T s t a n d s f o r beating rapidly and irregularly, blood also called AF or Afib— better person. supraventricular tachycardia, an is the most common type does not flow through them as abnormally fast heart rhythm. quickly. This makes the blood more Usually, it is not dangerous. SVT is of dangerous arrhythmia. likely to clot. If a clot is pumped out one of many types of arrhythmia. An of the heart, it can travel to the brain regular beating of the ventricles. arrhythmia is a problem with the causing a stroke. Ventricular tachycardia episodes that speed or rhythm of the heartbeat. Atrial flutter is much less last for more than just a few seconds Most arrhythmias are harmless. ventricular arrhythmias and common than atrial fibrillation but can be dangerous. Millions of Americans have them. bradyarrhythmias. has similar symptoms and Ventricular Fibrillation (V-fib) They are very common in older Premature beats complications. happens when disorganized electrical adults. Arrhythmias are more Premature beats are the most Supraventricular Tachycardia is signals make the ventricles quiver common in people who have a disease common type of arrhythmia and can an abnormally fast heart rhythm. instead of pump normally. If the or condition that weakens the heart. occur in the atria or the ventricles. This type of arrhythmia tends to occur ventricles don't pump blood to the Time for some anatomy: The They are usually harmless and need in young people. body, it will die within minutes. V-fib heart is a fist-size muscle. It has four no treatment. A premature heartbeat Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) requires defibrillation, an electric chambers—two atria on top and two is actually an extra beat between two Syndrome is a condition in which the shock to the heart. ventricles below. normal heartbeats. heart's electrical signals travel along Bradyarrhythmias The heart has an internal Supraventricular arrhythmias an extra pathway from the atria to the Bradyarrhythmias are electrical system that controls the Supraventricular arrhythmias are ventricles disrupting the heart's arrhythmias in which the heart rate is speed and rhythm of the heartbeat. rapid heart rates known as timing. WPW can make the slower than normal. If the heart rate With each heartbeat, an electrical tachycardias. The types of these ventricles beat very fast and can be is too slow, not enough blood reaches signal spreads from the top of the arrhythmias are atrial fibrillation, life-threatening. the brain, and insufficient blood can heart to the bottom. As it travels, the atrial flutter, supraventricular Ventricular arrhythmias make you pass out. electrical signal makes the heart tachycardia, and Wolff-Parkinson- These arrhythmias begin in the contract and pump blood. White Syndrome. ventricles. They usually are Fred Cicetti lives in New Jersey There are four main arrhythmia Atrial Fibrillation—also called dangerous and need emergency and is a health writer with more categories: premature beats, AF or AFib—is the most common treatment. than 40 years of experience supraventricular arrhythmias, type of dangerous arrhythmia. It is a Ventricular Tachycardia is a fast, in newspaper journalism.

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The unofficial start of influenza than two years old, pregnant women, season is almost here. This year, it is people with a weakened immune more important than ever to protect system, those living in nursing homes yourself by getting a flu shot. or other long-term care facilities, and While COVID-19 has cast a dark those with chronic health conditions, shadow over 2020, influenza is not such as asthma, diabetes, COPD and something to be taken lightly. Flu is a heart disease. serious respiratory illness. Tens of However, everyone—regardless thousands of Americans die each year of your risk category—should get a from influenza, with another 140,000 flu shot. Infectious disease officials to 810,000 hospitalized. Yet the U.S. recommend everyone six months and Centers for Disease Control & older should get vaccinated every Prevention estimates that less than year by the end of October. It not half of Americans are vaccinated 2020 has been a challenging year. It is important that we protect only protects you, but it protects your against the flu each year. ourselves as best we can and that should include rolling up your loved ones and your community. This year, in the midst of the sleeve for a flu shot. This is especially important as we global COVID-19 pandemic, that continue to see community spread must change. More of us need to be robust measures—including a higher measures, starting with the flu shot. and hospitalizations for COVID-19. vaccinated against the flu in order to rate of vaccination, social distancing COVID-19 and influenza share The flu vaccine is safe, as are our save lives. and wearing masks—seemed to keep many similarities. Both are healthcare facilities where they are For one reason, we need to guard influenza in check in the Southern contagious. Both are airborne. And administered. against the risk of co-infection by Hemisphere. Australia, for instance, both often result in fever, cough, The same precautions that protect both influenza and COVID-19. Such experienced a 92-percent decrease in shortness of breath, achiness and against COVID-19 also will help a scenario would be devastating and flu deaths. fatigue. COVID-19, however, is protect against the flu—proper hand deadly. It also would strain the Often, flu season in the southern deadlier. While there is no vaccine to hygiene, social distancing, staying capacity of the nation’s healthcare hemisphere is a predictor of what our protect us from COVID-19, there is home when sick and wearing masks system, its caregivers’ mental and flu season holds. There are no one to protect us from the flu. in public. physical health, and its stock of guarantees, though. And if we want Those at the highest risk for flu- To read more about how to get personal protective equipment. to see an influenza season like related complications include: adults your flu vaccination in 2020, visit See ALZHEIMER’S on page B6 Secondly, we have seen that Australia's, we need to take similar 65 years and older, children younger clevelandclinic.org/flu.

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Healthy Grieving Ten ways to be happier, even while grieving

can be done. Science reveals that Author Melody Beattie shift the focus of your emotions away smiling can boost your mood when from your grief. Leo Buscaglia offers you are sad and may be beneficial for says: “Gratitude makes this reminder: “It is not enough to people struggling with anxiety and sense of our past, have lived. We should be determined depression. A 2010 study found that brings peace for today, to live for something. May I suggest making yourself smile when you are and creates a vision that it be creating joy for others, feeling down helps improve your sharing what we have for the mood and increases positive for tomorrow.” betterment of person-kind, bringing thoughts. hope to the lost and love to the 5) Connect with someone emotions. Be OK with that. Do not lonely.” VICTOR PARACHIN positive. There are people who lift judge and condemn yourself because Here is a sad fact: A recent Harris M. Div our spirits and there are those who you are grieving. poll reported only 33 percent of pull us down. Think of someone in 8) Prioritize your health. This Americans describe themselves as Try to factor into your life this your life who is positive and joyful. can mean many things: taking daily being “very happy.” Do not be Jewish wisdom the next time you Then connect with that person. Even vitamins, preparing your own healthy among that group. You, alone, are experience a time of deep sadness and a brief contact via text or email can meals, exercising, resting when tired. responsible for your happiness. Step depression. It comes from Rabbi make you happier. 9) Be grateful. As much as up and take on the challenge to live a Joseph Telushkin’s book, A Code of 6) Disconnect from those who possible maintain the attitude of happier life. Jewish Ethics, where he writes: are ‘toxic.’ These are people who are gratitude. Author Melody Beattie “Human beings have a moral skilled at creating drama or are very says: “Gratitude makes sense of our Victor Parachin’s latest book, responsibility to be as happy as they needy or try to manipulate others. past, brings peace for today, and Think Like The Buddha: can be—I emphasize the words ‘as Without being unkind, distance creates a vision for tomorrow.” 108 Days of Mindfulness, they can be’ because some people are yourself from these drama kings and 10) Help someone else. was just released. Find the user- naturally happier, calmer and more queens. Consider volunteering a few hours of friendly, practical guide at Hohm easygoing that others. There is not a 7) Cultivate self-acceptance. your time to a religious or civic Press (hohmpress.com). single standard of happiness to which Begin by reminding yourself you organization. Not only will you Free shipping on all books and, all people should aspire. But if we have had a loss to death. That means become of benefit to others, but you through Oct. 15, receive 15 percent have a tendency to focus on problems, you will experience a wide range of will feel better by your action and off Victor’s book. and to be often anxious, moody and pessimistic, then we are obligated for the sake of others to rein in these tendencies. This applies p a r t i c u l a r l y t o o u r interactions with our spouses and children, the people with whom we spend the most time and the people who are most likely to feel responsible for our bad moods. If our moodiness is due to a chemical imbalance, and is, therefore, beyond our control, we have a moral obligation to those who live with us to seek out the drug and/or psychological treatments that can improve our emotional balance.” Understandably, it is challenging to be “happy” when one is grieving. However, there are steps one can take to decrease sadness and increase happiness. Here are 10 ways to do that. 1) Do one nice thing for yourself every day. Sip your morning tea outside, in a natural setting, and do so slowly. Or give yourself half an hour to quietly read a book you would enjoy. 2) Spend daily time in nature. Rather than work out inside your home or at a gym, do it outside—walk, jog, bike, even yoga is pleasant to do in the fresh air. 3) Forgive yourself. After someone has died, it is easy to fall into guilt, regret, self-blame. Let the past go. Forgive yourself. 4) Practice smiling. Of course, it is hard to smile when you are grieving, yet it

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Riya Joshi, who will be a sophomore at Walter Payton College Prep in Chicago, created and published a Detective Wordy booklet of puzzles and is donating them to children’s hospitals and Continued from page B1 BOOKS support homes, and to seniors in assisted and independent living facilities. Joshi then reached out to David L. Hoyt, right, to ask for mentorship and advice on future puzzle making. Hoyt was so impressed with Joshi that he recently offered her the opportunity to co-author puzzles with him for a junior section of the Word Search World Traveler app. Reduces stress In 2009, a group of researchers measured the Do you get a sense of triumph and pride when you will put smiles on many faces. I hope that people have flipping through the pages, I couldn’t believe my effects of yoga, humor and reading on the decipher clues to a difficult crossword puzzle or word as much fun solving them as I had making them.” eyes. I was blown away! I very quickly e-mailed stress levels of students in demanding health game? Not only is it fun, but it can also be Joshi’s first booklet, Detective Wordy: Chicago Riya to set up a phone call so I could discuss teaming science programs in the United States. The educational. “Philanthropy” may not be a word that Edition, includes word searches, crosswords and word up with her. She’s truly amazing and I’m so excited to study found that 30 minutes of reading you associate with puzzles, but 15-year-old, Riya scrambles and is now available for purchase on Lulu, be collaborating with her.” lowered blood pressure, heart rate and Joshi, who will be a sophomore at Walter Payton Amazon and at Barnes and Noble. One hundred Solving puzzles helps improve mental speed and feelings of psychological distress just as College Prep in Chicago, is making it charitable. percent of proceeds from book sales go directly thought processes. Certain puzzles are especially effectively as yoga and humor did. That’s because Joshi created and published a toward printing copies for donations. Every booklet good for improving short-term memory. They have The authors concluded, “Since time Detective Wordy booklet of puzzles and is donating purchased enables Joshi to donate three more long been thought to decrease feelings of stress and constraints are one of the most frequently them to children’s hospitals and support homes, and booklets. Since late May, she has already donated anxiety and increase mental well-being. Studies have cited reasons for high stress levels reported by to seniors in assisted and independent living facilities. more than 500 puzzle books. Her plans are to develop also connected puzzles to improved cognition in the health science students, 30 minutes of one of The booklets are also being distributed to the Chicago more editions in the future for different cities. elderly. Joshi had these health benefits in mind when these techniques can be easily incorporated Public Library and the Neighbor to Neighbor Literacy Joshi’s first foray into the puzzle world began she developed Detective Wordy. Project. when Chicago’s David L. Hoyt Education “As many seniors in long-term care facilities are “Words and language have always captivated my Foundation, a nonprofit that fosters fun-based, still trying to find ways to combat isolation, I thought curiosity. We all enjoy a good puzzle and they are a collaborative learning, invited Joshi, then a Chicago this might be a nice activity. For children in hospitals, great way to keep your brain active and engaged, Spelling Bee Winner, to be a guest judge for the largest maybe a fun puzzle could brighten up their day,” said whether we’re isolated due to the pandemic or sick in playable Word Winder game in 2017 (100 elementary Joshi. a hospital bed,” said Joshi. “I wanted to do something school kids across Chicago, setting a Guinness world If you would like to learn more or if you are to support my community. Hopefully, these puzzles record) at the Harold Washington Library. Joshi was interested in purchasing a Detective Wordy puzzle introduced to the Foundation by Liz McChesney, the booklet, please visit wordywhat.org. Visit former Director of Children’s services at the Chicago davidlhoyt.com to learn more about David L. Hoyt Public Library, after Joshi represented Chicago Public and visit davidlhoytfoundation.org to learn more Schools at the 2017 Scripps National Spelling Bee. about the David L. Hoyt Education Foundation. During the pandemic-induced shutdown, Joshi rekindled her love of puzzles and word games by On the Go playing them with her family at home every Sunday. “A Funeral Home The joy of competing and winning at Family Game In A Garden Setting” Church Chatter Can you really detox Day inspired Joshi to find a way to help others fight off social isolation and boredom. She began to create Please send in your event details your lungs? puzzles at home for her family to play during their for a FREE listing by game days. When her puzzles were well-received by Continued from page B1 LUNGS September 15 to: her family, she decided to share her creations with The Connection, others facing severe social isolation. She then created Same location since 1927 — natural treatment options is the Anti- and published her Detective Wordy puzzle booklet and P.O. Box 464, Inflammatory Initiative (AI2). A huge began donating copies to hospitals and long-term care Family owned and operated Orland Park, IL 60462 component of this initiative is information about facilities. many lung-healthy food options, including kale, Recalling the Guinness World Record event, she 6754 N. Northwest Hwy., Chicago or email as well as specific recipes that are designed to then reached out to David L. Hoyt to ask for help your lungs. This plan also includes exercise ▪ 877-631-1240 ▪ [email protected]. tips, sleeping tips and relaxation advice. All mentorship and advice on future puzzle making. Hoyt www.suerth.com these natural methods are combined with the was so impressed with Joshi that he recently offered intention of helping boost your immune system her the opportunity to co-author puzzles with him for a Complete Traditional and training your body to fight inflammation junior section of the Word Search World Traveler app. Full- or Part-time using fats. The Word Search World Traveler app has more than Funeral Packages Contact a Lung Health Institute patient 10,000 daily users. Hoyt and Joshi intend to work Starting at $7,650.00 Appointment Setters coordinator (lunginstitute.com) for more together on an upcoming Word Search World Traveler Needed information or to schedule a free consultation. app just for kids. *Package includes Professional Services, Embalming, Other Preparation, One Night Visitation, Funeral Work “I was very impressed with the quality of Riya’s Services, Removal, Hearse, 20 Gauge Metal Casket. From lunginstitute.com/blog. puzzles in her Detective Wordy booklet,” said Hoyt. Prices subject to change without notice. From “When I opened the document she sent me, and started Home

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He is also content sitting in the cat tree and relaxing. welfare organizations. • Volunteer at your local shelter and offer to play • Make a window perch for your cat to lay in the Since Levi is a gentle soul, he would likely do well with some cats available for adoption, clean sun. with kids. This endearing boy will bring lots of love, • Brush your cat to eliminate excess fur and cages and litter boxes or anything else they St. Peter’s Basilica joy and happiness to any forever home. need help with. hairballs. If you would like to meet Levi or any of our • Give your cat a calming massage. • Write your Congressman and ask that he/she Sat., March 28–Sat., April 4, other cats, please call Humane Haven (630-378- • Buy your cat a collar and tag with your name support the ban of kitten mills and gas 2020. This promises to be a 4208) or e-mail ([email protected]) for chambers in your state. and number, just in case they get outside and happen to become lost. journey of renewal, faith and more info or to set up an appointment. Visit hhas.org. • Bake some tuna cookies for your cat. fellowship. Among these are a All Humane Haven cats are spayed or neutered, • Have a safety check of your home to make sure From nationalcatday.com papal audience with Pope Francis, microchipped, FeLV/FIV tested, and have their it’s safe for your new cat. visiting the tomb of the Apostles The 13th annual Heritage Art Show will feature works in diverse media by distemper and rabies shots. Peter and Paul, Special Masses at Dominican Sister artists and others in the Motherhouse Collection. An oil- We are looking for volunteers to help with St. Peter’s Basilica, St. Paul’s on-paper painting by artist Michel Godjevac (1896-1982), a gift to the shifts to take care of the kitties. Please contact us if Outside the Walls, and the Basilica Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation, will be displayed. Hungarian and you are interested! of St. Francis of Assisi. In addition French, he painted many scenes along the French Riviera, including this to the above, the pilgrimage untitled painting created of Saint Tropez. Sinsinawa Mound offers a variety includes 4-staar accommodations, of events and retreats. Registration deadlines are one week prior to the event memorable group meals and more. start date. For more information, contact Guest Services at 608-748-4411, Full- or Part-time On the Go Packages start at $2,999 (per visit sinsinawa.org/moundcenter. Sinsinawa Mound, the Motherhouse for Home Care Services, Inc. person, double occupancy with the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, is located in southwest Wisconsin on Caregiver & Private Duty Nursing Services Appointment Setters Church Chatterearly booking/cash discount.) 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Entertainment About Town Daniel Barenboim inspires everyone to keep learning

By Joseph Cunniff

How much is it possible to learn? not discuss politics. They are based Apparently, the sky’s the limit. in Seville, Spain. Scientists tell us that continued He married the distinguished learning is not only beneficial, but English cellist Jacqueline du Pre in necessary for us. 1967. Tragically, she passed on from An inspiration for how much it is multiple sclerosis in 1987. He later possible to learn is definitely Daniel married the Russian pianist Elena Barenboim. He speaks six languages Bashkirova, and they have two fluently: English, French, German, musical sons: David manages a band, Hebrew, Italian and Spanish. He has and Michael is a fine concert memorized the complete piano works violinist, playing even the most of Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms. difficult pieces. He regularly conducts five-hour Daniel Barenboim is as busy as ever, conducting his orchestras and opera, If you Google “Barenboim, 60 operas without a score. And he doing international guest conducting, playing piano concerts and teaching. Minutes” you can see a 12-minute continues to study and learn. segment of that popular TV show in Barenboim was born in Buenos He performed his first piano the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which the host calls out a number— Aires, Argentina, in 1942. His recital at the age of seven and began serving from 1991–2006. This writer say, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21, mother, Aida, taught beginning piano to study conducting. In 1966, he was present for Barenboim’s three the slow movement—and Barenboim students, and his father, Enrique, made his conducting debut with the premiere concerts as music director plays it! Also, if you Google taught advanced piano students. English Chamber Orchestra and of the CSO, in which he masterfully “Barenboim, 5 minutes” you will see Every time the doorbell rang, it was began a career as both a concert conducted three complete Mozart a series of five-minute videos in someone to study piano with his pianist and a symphony and opera operas from memory. which he briefly discusses a piece of mother or his father. For a long time conductor all over the world. He conducted opera from music and then plays it on the piano. as a child, Barenboim naturally Barenboim was music director of Edinburgh in Scotland to Bayreuth in Today, Barenboim is as busy as assumed that everybody studied the Orchestra of Paris from Germany to the Met in New York. He ever, conducting his orchestras and piano! 1975–1989. He succeeded the great became music director of the famed opera, doing international guest Sir Georg Solti as music director of La Scala Opera House in Milan in conducting, playing piano concerts 2011. and teaching. He has won seven Today, he resides chiefly in Grammy Awards. He has passports Berlin, where he conducts both the from, Argentina, Israel, Palestine and Berlin State Opera and the Berlin Spain, and is a citizen of the world. Staatskapelle, one of the oldest I have had the honor of briefly o r c h e s t r a s i n t h e w o r l d . meeting Barenboim several times and “Staatskapelle,” literally “state found him to be a very nice and chapel,” refers to an orchestra considerate person. He patiently connected with the princely courts. teaches younger musicians and is He also leads a distinctive vitally interested in promoting orchestra he founded in 1999: The international peace. East-West Divan Orchestra. The Oh, and he is learning Russian. word “Divan” is a Middle Eastern Certainly, his incredible and term referring to a council of state. continued learning is an inspiration to The young orchestra is comprised of us all. musicians from Israel, Spain and all over the Middle East. They eat, travel Joe Cunniff is a and make music together, but they do Chicago-based arts writer.

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By Katy Koontz

When I was growing up in suburban Philadelphia, my family spent a weekend every summer at a hunting lodge my father belonged to in the mountains of north- Photos accompanying this article are courtesy of The Grand central Pennsylvania. My grandfather had Hotel Mackinac Island been a charter member and had helped build the lodge, so my dad also had spent childhood summers there. I caught my Canyon of Pennsylvania. In 1968, the National Park Service designated Photos accompanying this article are courtesy of first fish (a smallmouth bass) in a stream a 12-mile section of the glacier-formed gorge as a National Natural called Slate Run that flowed below the Landmark. At a depth of more than 800 feet, it is one of the finest bluff the lodge perched atop. Slate Run is examples of a deep gorge in the eastern United States. also the name of the closest town, which is The area around the gorge contains some of the oldest undisturbed really more of a hamlet consisting of a forests in Pennsylvania and is an especially good place for fall colors. Two overlooks—one on either side of the gorge—provide the best views: Katy Koontz handful of private homes and rental cabins and two businesses (a hotel/restaurant and Leonard Harrison State Park on the east rim and Colton Point State Park a general store/tackle shop). Returning on the west rim. The hardwoods here turn brilliant shades of yellow, last month for the first time in about 40 orange, red and purple that are especially striking from late September years, I found all the same magic I through mid-October. remembered from when I visited as a girl. The town of Slate Run sits on a winding highway (PA Route 414) that follows a river called Pine Creek. One of the town’s more recent claims to fame is that it is at the halfway point of the 62-mile Pine Creek Rail Trail, a converted railroad bed stretching north from the inexplicably named town of Jersey Shore (which is nowhere near New Jersey, nor the ocean) to Stokesdale. The trail—part of the The Pine Creek Gorge, known as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, stretches for 47 miles. A 12-mile section nation’s Rails-to-Trails program—has a of the 800-foot-deep gorge has been designated a National Natural Landmark. Photo credit: visitPA grade of only two percent, making for fairly easy biking and hiking. If you do not have your own bike, you can rent one at Wolfe’s General Store (slaterun.com) in Slate Run or at Pine Creek Outfitters (pinecrk.com) near the northern end of the rail trail in Wellsboro. Pine Creek Outfitters also rents inner tubes, canoes, rafts and kayaks and offers guided rafting, kayaking, mountain biking, and rock-climbing excursions, plus a shuttle service for hikers, bikers, and boaters. Many fishermen enjoy walking in the backwoods along the area’s waterways, in search of a prime spot to drop their line, but you certainly do not have to. A three-mile stretch of Pine Creek starting at Slate Run is stocked annually for catch-and-release fishing, providing a much easier means of hooking a trophy trout. The Slate Run Tackle Shop, located on the lower level of Wolfe’s General Store, is an official Orvis dealer and sells absolutely everything a fly fisherman needs. Wolfe’s also offers customized fishing guide services (and a deli that makes great take-out sandwiches). On the other side of Pine Creek sits Hotel Manor (hotel-manor.com), a 10- room inn and restaurant/bar with a large wooden deck overlooking the water. From the deck, you may see a deer making its way through the woods or even a bald eagle swooping down to catch a fish. We enjoyed hot coffee and breakfast here every morning, as we watched the mist rise from the river. About a one-hour drive north is a section of the Pine Creek Valley just south of Ansonia that is known as the Grand

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A secluded swimming hole along Slate Run. The morning mist rises over Pine Creek, as seen from A biker crosses Pine Creek. Photo credit: Photo credit: Katy Koontz the deck of Hotel Manor in Slate Run. Pennsylvania Wilds, Allison Schanbacher Photo credit: Katy Koontz

National Park Service designated a 12 The area around the gorge Park on the east rim and Colton Point Katy Koontz is a freelance travel mile section of the glacier-formed contains some of the oldest State Park on the west rim. The writer living in Knoxville, TN. gorge as a National Natural undisturbed forests in Pennsylvania hardwoods here turn brilliant shades She is the author of Landmark. At a depth of more than and is an especially good place for fall of yellow, orange, red and purple that Family Fun in the Smokies: 800 feet, it is one of the finest colors. Two overlooks—one on are especially striking from late A Family Friendly Guide examples of a deep gorge in the either side of the gorge—provide the September through mid-October. to the Great Smoky Mountains eastern United States. best views: Leonard Harrison State Visit katykoontz.com.

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Colossal Amarillo By Betsa Marsh

Cadillac Ranch rises in a field along iconic Rt. 66 west of Amarillo. Betsa Marsh photo

Since 1960, the Lee family has been offering a free 72-ounce steak to anyone who can finish it, with all the potato and roll trimmings, in an hour. Fail and you owe Betsa Marsh photo the Big Texan 72 bucks. During my dinner, two men tried but soon waved their white napkins in surrender. Maybe now isn’t the time to tell them that the all-timeBetsa Marsh champ photo is a 120-pound Betsa Marsh photo woman, who ate not one, but three 72-ounce steak dinners within an hour. Hubris and humility in the wind “…a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert… Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; ADVERTISE IN Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay THE CONNECTION Everyone grabs a can of spray paint and adds Close-ups reveal generations of artistic license at There’s no age limit for decorating at Cadillac Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare to the six inches of paint patina already on the Cadillac Ranch. Betsa Marsh photo Ranch. Betsa Marsh photo The lone and level sands stretch far away.” cars at Cadillac Ranch. Betsa Marsh photo Amarillo’s massive Ozymandias statue rises as an CALL 847-428-0205 ironic riff on the Percy Bysshe Shelley poem that has cautioned generations of high school English students Everything’s bigger in Texas. As clichés go, this Although this monument began as a postmodern “It’s definitely anarchy,” said John Revett, an about the dangers of hubris. is one of the boldest: Texas landscapes, Texas creation by the professional artists of the Ant Hill, Amarillo artist, who teaches painting at West Texas In the poem, all that is left of a once-mighty statue of Longhorns, even Texas toast. most people love it as a psychedelic kaleidoscope set A&M University. “It’s a whole homage to the great Ozymandias, aka Egypt’s Pharaoh Rameses II, is “two But clichés are most fun when you toss them on against dun wheat fields. They don’t worry too much roadside attractions like the Big Ball of Yarn. vast and trunkless legs of stone” and a half-sunken their heads. As you steer west to Amarillo, just about the artistic message, as they grab a can of spray “Scale is certainly a part of art in the western “shattered visage.” The pedestal proclaims, “My name punch “Whimsy” into your GPS and you will find a paint and add their jots to generations of graffiti. I Panhandle,” Revett added. “Western art is always is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye jumble of Texas-sized surprises. choose baby blue, spraying away on undercarriage expansive: We expanded through the land; we Mighty, and despair!” Fins ahoy on Route 66 and trunks. My friends grab their colors and make expanded the art.” Today, in a windy Texas field, those vast and No one needs to tell the Cadillac Ranch to lean their own “Kilroy was here” statements. Revett works on the team to restore Cadillac trunkless legs stand again, the vision of Stanley Marsh 3 in—it has been engaging visitors at a 70-degree pitch As with many of Texas-sized serendipities, there Ranch, collaborating with the artists who want to see who gave us the Cadillac Ranch. They, too, are since 1974. really are no rules. the original 10 cars remain. Stanley Marsh 3 dreamed irresistible to anyone with a can of spray paint. up the design. Some people called him eccentric, but Next month: Peering into the “Grand Canyon of Marsh said of himself, “Art is a form of insanity, and I Texas,” boot-scooting through Lone Star history and do it very well.” celebrating the early genius of Georgia O’Keefe. SUDOKU PUZZLE on page 14 DOWN & ACROSS PUZZLE on page 15 Marsh’s team scoured the region, finding 10 cars When you go made between 1948 and ‘63. They paid between $50 For more information about Amarillo,

D O S S B A A S A L B and $500 each and buried them nose-down. visitamarillo.com. Big Texan Steak Ranch & Brewery, I O T A A K I N R E O Now, the cars are devolving into carcasses, bigtexan.com. N O R T H C A R O L I N A through looting and erosion. One was even set afire A Y A H B E L T S in 2019. S H I R R A S A Should the restorers cast replacement parts? Or, H O T M A G I S A C S as some artists advocate, let them decay? Stay tuned, U S E N U N D O E as the prairie wind scours a layer or two of paint off N E N E O T T O D A T Detroit’s finest. V A N S M I T H Peckish as Pecos Bill B A S E L W H A T Getting hungry? No, I mean Texas-sized hungry. Then now is the time to uncinch that Texas-tooled A P P R O P R I A T I O N leather belt and take up the challenge at the Big Texan. B I O H E A L E V I E E A T A R M Y R E L Y Continued on next page MARSH

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Since 1960, the Lee family has been offering a free 72-ounce steak to anyone who can finish it, with all the potato and roll trimmings, in an hour. Fail and you owe the Big Texan 72 bucks. During my dinner, two men tried but soon waved their white napkins in surrender. Maybe now isn’t the time to tell them that the all-time champ is a 120- Betsa Marsh photo pound woman, who ate not one, but three 72-ounce steak dinners within an hour. Hubris and humility in the wind “…a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert… Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, SOCIETY OF AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITERS Tell that its sculptor well those passions read TRAVEL’S MOST TRUSTED VOICES Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare Bobby Lee, one of the owners of the Big Texan, Hungry? No, really, are you Texas-size hungry? The lone and level sands stretch far away.” offers one of the restaurant’s signature 72-ounce Then how about trying to eat a 72-ounce steak Amarillo’s massive Ozymandias statue rises as steaks. Betsa Marsh photo for free at the Big Texan? Betsa Marsh photo an ironic riff on the Percy Bysshe Shelley poem that has cautioned generations of high school English See MARSH on next page students about the dangers of hubris. Today, in a windy Texas field, those vast and When you go In the poem, all that is left of a once-mighty statue trunkless legs stand again, the vision of Stanley For more information about Amarillo, of Ozymandias, aka Egypt’s Pharaoh Rameses II, is Marsh 3 who gave us the Cadillac Ranch. They, too, visitamarillo.com. Big Texan Steak Ranch & “two vast and trunkless legs of stone” and a half- are irresistible to anyone with a can of spray paint. Brewery, bigtexan.com. sunken “shattered visage.” The pedestal proclaims, Next month: Peering into the “Grand Canyon of Travel journalist Betsa Marsh “My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on Texas,” boot-scooting through Lone Star history and has reported from more than my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!” celebrating the early genius of Georgia O’Keefe. 100 countries on seven continents.

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