Free Daily Online Dance Fitness Classes with Marie Kube

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Hi Everyone! As you know, I am one of more than 400,000 fitness professionals who provide exercise instruction and services in the USA. Most fitness studios, gyms, community centers and ballrooms have physically closed to slow the spread of the new coronavirus causing a pandemic in the world today. Fun exercise and uplifting music are … Continue reading Free Daily Online Dance Fitness Classes with Marie Kube

Survivors of the Coronavirus (COVID-19 or SARS-2) Pandemic Will be Farmers, Gatherers and Hunters

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Dear Readers, The coronavirus (COVID-19 or SARS-2) pandemic is upon us.  The world has closed.  Yet we are all connected.  A bright, new future awaits! What should we do?  We should grow food.  That is what I have been doing, and I recommend that everyone help grow our own food.  There is plenty of opportunity … Continue reading Survivors of the Coronavirus (COVID-19 or SARS-2) Pandemic Will be Farmers, Gatherers and Hunters

CoMotion Center for Movement in Saint Paul, MN as seen from the outside of the Fairview Business Center where Marie Kube’s Zumba dance fitness class is being held.

New Dance Fitness Classes at CoMotion Center for Movement

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Dear Readers, I am so excited to announce that we found the perfect place to rent space for more Zumba® dance fitness classes.  See my previous blog posts for more about my Zumba® dance fitness classes (My First Zumba® Class Aug. 31st and About My Zumba Gold® Class).  See my Zumba® Instructor Profile page for … Continue reading New Dance Fitness Classes at CoMotion Center for Movement

Photograph of a bear representing Bear Clan Member Paul Red Elk, Clinical Herbalist, who is teaching an herbal first aid class using herbs that are useful in first aid.

Paul Red Elk, Traditional Lakota Herbal Medicine Man

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Dear Readers, Being a life scientist has taught me to respect life and nature and the interconnections.  All my experiences, including succeeding at pharmaceutical research and development, worried me more and more that we could be missing human knowledge and experience that has been passed through generations for as long as there have been humans.  … Continue reading Paul Red Elk, Traditional Lakota Herbal Medicine Man

Top 5 advice regarding retirement savings with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA): 5) Don’t trust them because they don’t believe that they have an obligation to act in your best interests. 4) Request IRS Special Tax Notice 402(f) and read it to find out your rights. For example, it might say that you don’t have to pay the 10% additional income tax on early distributions if you get divorced. 3) Get your money into your savings account and/or Individual Retirement Account or other account where you have control over your money. 2) If you believe in climate change and/or that the economy is going to change in the future, then take a close look at TIAA’s investment strategies. 1) Don’t give up your health and youth working for false promises.

How I Got My Money from TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association)

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Dearest Readers, Happy New Year’s Eve! In preparation for the year 2020, where hindsight is, I have some advice for teachers and others in academic, research, medical, cultural, and governmental fields regarding their retirement savings.  After my divorce from a teacher, I spent my life savings surviving post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and starting my new … Continue reading How I Got My Money from TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association)