Category: Future

Summer in Minnesota

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Here in the Northern Hemisphere Summer arrives a little after 5 this afternoon.
We are right where we need to be temperature-wise here in Southern Minnesota.
75 degrees and sunny.
Spring was lovely.
There were a few days and nights which were either too hot, or too stormy, but farmers and gardeners expect a bumper crop this year.
Alas, the weeds are proliferating along with the good plants.
So, summer is almost here and it will be a great one!
I am glad to be in the state of Minnesota in the summer.
Except for the mosquitos and other buzzing, biting bugaboos.
I am glad that the parks, fields and gardens are blossoming in spite of the fierce storms and heat that came and went.
I know Autumn here is a huge delight as well.
So we press on and watch baseball or see it on the radio. We go to the lake or we stay in the air-conditioning and cool off with good Schell’s beer.
That’s what we do here in the Land of Lakes!
Musically yours,

Amy Zents

It’s All About the Comic Con

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Can I help it that I am excited? Yes, it’s that time of year again when I devote hours planning what I will wear to the San Diego Comic Con(vention) International 2016!
The digs are reserved, the press badges confirmed, and the airline tickets are paid for.
Now it’s time to buy, or put together from my overstuffed closets things to wear to the party!!!
What a party Comic Con is!
Ok, let me admit I am a sucker for Cosplay!
I am a sucker for celebrity-sightings as well.
The mama-side of me tells me that celebrities are just people like you and me, but the girlish side of me gets extremely excited when she espies Danny De Vito, OMG! He’s so short!
Kevin Sabo. OMG! He is so sweet! He waited to have his photo with me before getting on the elevator! And giving my music CD Molly and Sonny Boy to Adam West, the only real Batman in my books. OMG! He took it!
Can’t wait for Comic Con!
Now let’s see who will I pretend to be?

Musically yours,

Amy Zents

A.I. OK

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We live in a very electrified, artificial world.
We accept it.
We use voice-activated technology, an Internet chock full of apps and gadgets, such as calculators and navigational, translator tools far smarter than ourselves.
Our homes and our cars, our screens, our food, and even our bodies are touched by technology and it’s all A-OK.
To me, this sudden realization all seems weird and it’s only going to get weirder.
The vulnerability of our world is at risk, and yet to those who have money the future seems a lot brighter. Yet, even banking is a trust that we take for granted.
Each day we need to be thankful for all our blessings.

We are all in this together, for better or for worse.

Musically yours,

Amy Zents

Range of motion

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There are too many people getting hurt. The fault is usually unintentional. That is why I am a holistic athlete!

What this means is, that in spite of all the hype about pushing your limits, I am injury-free because I know my limits.
This does not mean my flexibility should not be improved. This does not mean I do not need to strength-train.
However, my range of motion is something that needs to be tended, day in and day out, as long as I live.
Connective tissue does not replace itself as quickly as muscle.
Joints need ligaments that are supple, not stiff or tight.
Loosen up people!
A holistic athlete is first and foremost health-conscious.
You’re going to be a lot happier if you take your time, take it easy, take it slow,
if you plan on getting to the athletic goals that you are dreaming to go! 

Musically yours,

Amy Zents

Haywire weekend

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How come my heart rate is up today?
It’s because it’s been a very violent weekend in America.
As a radio broadcaster, and weekend newscaster, I have had to read and hear about the most heinous crimes against fellow humans hour after hour.
So much human life lost to criminally insane people.
Senseless killing.
It hurts to work in bringing news to the world when my fellow humankind are working against peace and love.
I hope someday there will be a way to find harmony among all nationalities.
This foolishness has to stop!

Musically yours,

Amy Zents

If Dreams Could Make Wishes Come True

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So many times lately l’ve thought or spoken about something, and it magically appears!
Beer was on my mind today and I opened a magazine that covered the topic of beer.
I spoke of garbage trucks and lo and behold! We were watching “Earnest Scared Stupid,” and there is a scene where the dog pushes a lever and Earnest gets caught in the back of a crushing garbage truck.

These things have been happening to me a lot lately.
If dreams could make wishes come true…..I would dream of myself 60 lbs lighter, 1 billion dollars richer and 15 years old knowing what I know now! Okay? Thank you!

Musically yours,

Amy Zents

“A Happy Tree”

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I must be
Like a happy tree.
Creative, and infinite.
Joyfully, beautifully focused on
Spreading my branches.
Fresh, clear, motionless.
Calm.
Powerful in scope.
Growing…
A happy tree laughing at the sun.

Musically yours,

Amy Zents

The Tiger Lilies

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Her bulbs are blossoming into prominent flowers!
She paints the town in a blaze of orange.
She’s come back after a long winter’s nap.
The Tiger Lilies are majestic!
Welcome home to Minnesota.
Welcome back to my backyard!

Musically yours,

Amy Zents

Camera Pressure

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Today I was alone swimming laps in the deep-end of the local swimming pool. Two ladies were in the shallow-end talking, and there were a few folks soaking in the adjacent hot tub.
A man suddenly appeared poolside with a video camera to tape the head of the Park and Rec Department.
Apparently, they were making a video of the whole facility.
Whilst swimming my laps I attempted my best Esther Williams imitation.
I was surprised to see them taping in my little corner of the world. But these days nothing’s off-Iimits.
What surprised me even more was why one of the gents in the hot tub did not want to be taped on-camera, and hopped in the pool when he caught sight of the video camera.
Anyways, it got me thinking about the future.
As far as I can tell, cameras and drones are going to be far more present, and with them more pressure will be brought to bear on the public.
More pressure to want to look good on camera, to avoid being caught on camera, to own cameras for safety and pleasure, overall, more “camera pressure!”
Will it be camera-equipped “Big Brother-like” drones as in George Orwell’s “1984” or camera-equipped drones as in “America’s Funniest Home videos?”
Only time will tell!

Musically yours,

Amy Zents

2 Strange Scenarios

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Today I encountered 2 Strange Scenarios.
Both happened while I was out on the streets with my dogs on our daily 1 hour walk.
I was happily walking my two fur kids, whilst listening to The Tim Ferris show. It was the second half of his interview with Mike Rowe.
As the dogs and I walked on, a big Suburban slowed down and a creepy elderly man tried
to chat me up.
“I see you have two dogs for protection,” he uttered.
I looked at him, and then at a guy mowing the front yard across the street.
I felt relieved there was a witness to this strange encounter.
All I did was wave, and say, ” Thanks.”
I made a weird face, and shook my head as if to say, “Leave me alone!”
Figuring I would not take his bait, and that I was not a lonely street-walker, the lonely old man drove away.
Thank goodness!
Next I got to the top of a hill and stopped to pour water in a plastic dog bowl for my dogs to quench their thirst.
A gal came by. She was twice my size and was walking at a slow pace. As the dogs and I walked slowly behind the heavy-set gal,
I realized I would have to pass her and I was embarrassed to do so.
I wanted to cross the street,  but there are no sidewalks on the other side.
So, I mustered up the courage and hustled by her dragging my two meandering pooches.
They don’t like to be rushed either.
I felt glad the gal was at least exercising, albeit slowly.

Musically yours,

Amy Zents