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I took this book on to review because Fanclub know that the Golden Years for me are eminent James Bond Im closer to them than Im not. I wanted to learn from a Golden Ager what I was to look forward to. But, to my surprise I learned more than I bargained for.

David Wayne Silva speaks not only to senor citizens but to Baby Boomers that are entering the Golden Years of their lives. With over 78 million Baby Boomers facing their own transition from their set beliefs and circumstances to facing their own mortality as well as challenging health issues, Silva gives the reader a glimpse into the reality that they will encounter. He has been there, done that and now shares his experience with chronic health issues, deterioration of the body, isolation and loneliness after loss of a loved one or friends, and even issues like sleeping and maintaining relationships.

In each chapter Silva writes about his own experience, often reminiscing or lamenting. The stories touch the heart with many emotions sadness, laughter, and concern. He ends each story with suggestions to overcome or embrace the situation. Each section is closed with an ecumenical prayer. Although Senior Moments has religious connotations, it is not a book about religion.

Reading Silvas book had me sit back and get in touch with my own Ironmancomics of SpiderMan I wanted to live my remaining years. I reflected on my in-laws, whom are now deceased, and on my own parents, whom are still living. I realized that each has chosen how they want to live out their Golden Years and how they contend with their challenges and issues that arise daily. Silvas book confirmed in my mind that Im the one that has to choose whether or not I want to live the Golden Years with grace and dignity, or, with complaints and isolation. I chose the first and add to it the necessity of activity and relationships with others.

Although Silva targets the senior citizens and Baby Boomers with this book, I highly recommend Senior Moments to children and families of both. Silva gives a clear and concise understanding of seniors many things we dont know about unless we experience them ourselves. The second best is to read about anothers experience and learn from it. Silva gives the opportunity.

Senior Moments: Getting The Most Out of Your Golden Years

David Wayne Silva

Outskirts Press (2006)

ISBN 1598001639

Reviewed by Irene Watson for Reader Views (6/06)

Irene Watson is the Editor for Reader Views. http://www.readerviews.com

Learning how to make origami weapons can be a great pass time and a great skill to have. You can use dolls skill to make a gift for someone, impress your friends at parties Tales from the Crypt you even start your own decorative fiber art collection. Their are a variety of weapons you can make with paper, and they can range from basic to complex depending on how much additional materials you are using other than paper.

You can still make some great origami weapons with just paper though, some good examples are a knife, shuriken or even a gun with a reload mechanism. I will be giving you a quick tutorial on making a knife in this article but you can get loads more tips on how to make origami weapons over at my blog, link at Aceinthehole end of this article.

This weapon is moderately easy to make and you will only need a square sheet of paper.

Step 1: Use the square sheet of paper and fold it diagonally so it looks like a triangle. Fold the opposite side so it creates a smaller triangle. Then, unfold the paper so it is a square again. These folds will help to form the guide lines for the rest of the steps.

Step 2: Turn the sheet of paper so one corner is facing you. Fold in the sides to line up with the middle guide line. It should now look like a kite.

Step 3: Fold the two middle corners back. Ensure that they line up near the outer portion of the paper, but don't cross over.

Step 4: Turn the paper over. Fold the sides of the paper up to create two small triangles.

Step 5: Take one of the sides and fold it into the middle. Then, fold the bottom of the paper toward the middle as well, leaving some space between it and the other side.

Step 6: Fold the other side toward the middle but leave some space in between.

Step 7: Fold the paper in half. It will now look like a knife.

You can keep the knife the way it is or you can paint it for decoration. Remember these should not be used as real knifes and are for display purposes only.

If you are interested in getting into origami or want to learn how to make origami weapons, click here to head over to my Blog http://howtomakeorigamiweapons.blogspot.com/ to get more tutorials and videos. Watching live video tutorials can help better understand the folding process and you should then practice, practice and practice some more to get extremely good at it. Happy paper folding.

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