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SOLERA DIAMOND VALLEY | MARCH 2021 7 By Clare Mendez, Resident I came across this article on the Business Insider website that I thought some of you would find interesting. The complete list notes accomplishments from people age one to one hundred. Many of you will be able to recall some other amazing people who accomplished great things at a later age that are not listed here. Perhaps even you. • At 55, Pablo Picasso completed his masterpiece, "Guernica." • At 56, Mao Zedong founded the People's Republic of China. • At 58, Sony chairman Akio Morita introduced the Sony Walkman, an idea no one seemed to like at the time. • At 59, "Satchel" Paige became the oldest Major League baseball player. • At 61, Charles Cagniard de la Tour, a French doctor, demonstrated that fermentation depends upon yeast cells. • At 62, J.R.R. Tolkien published the first volume of his fantasy series, "Lord of the Rings." • At 65, Jazz musician Miles Davis defiantly performed his final live album, just weeks before he died. • At 66, Noah Webster completed his monumental "American Dictionary of the English Language." • At 67, Simeon Poisson discovered the laws of probability after studying the likelihood of death from mule kicks in the French army. • At 71, Katsusuke Yanagisawa, a retired Japanese schoolteacher, became the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest. • At 72, Margaret Ringenberg flew around the world. • At 73, Larry King celebrated his 50th year in broadcasting. • At 75, cancer survivor Barbara Hillary became one of the oldest people, and the first black woman, to reach the North Pole. • At 77, John Glenn became the oldest person to go into space. • At 79, Asa Long became the oldest U.S. checkers champion. • At 80, Alex Trebek dies just days after taping his last show of "Jeopardy" which he hosted for 37 seasons. • At 81, Bill Painter became the oldest person to reach the 14,411- foot summit of Mt. Rainier. • At 82, William Ivy Baldwin became the oldest tightrope walker, crossing the South Boulder Canyon in Colorado on a 320-foot wire. • At 85, Theodor Mommsen became the oldest person to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature. • At 86, Katherine Pelton swam the 200-meter butterfly in 3 minutes, 1.14 seconds, beating the men's world record for that age group by over 20 seconds. • At 87, Mary Baker Eddy founded the Christian Science Monitor. • At 90, Marc Chagall became the first living artist to be exhibited at the Louvre museum. • At 91, Allan Stewart of New South Wales completed a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of New England. • At 94, comedian George Burns performed in Schenectady, NY, 63 years after his first performance there. • At 95, Nola Ochs became the oldest person to receive a college diploma. • At 99, Teiichi Igarashi climbed Mt. Fuji. • At 100, Frank Schearer seems to be the oldest active water skier in the world. It's Never Too Late By Theresa Rossetti, Resident Cooking is not my thing. Baking yes, cooking, no. Before moving to SDV, if attending some kind of shindig, I brought the dessert. But here there were, and will be again, many occasions to BYO something with a bit more substance, if not less carbs. What to do, considering the fact that I am also very lazy? For the next few months, I'll be sharing some recipes that I've tried out on unsuspecting friends. I say unsuspecting since very few of them knew until now that I never previewed them at home to make sure they were any good. First up: Brie with Fig Jam (This one is so easy it's almost embarrassing) Experimenting On Unsuspecting Friends Ingredients: 1 round of brie, any size (top rind off or cut into, chop it up to fit the dish, whatever works for you. It doesn't matter, it's going to be a gooey mess whatever you do) ½ cup or more of fig jam ½ cup coarsely chopped pecans; walnuts can be substituted Zest of an orange Apples and/or crackers Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fit the brie into an oven proof dish Spread the jam on top; top with nuts and zest Bake for 10-15 minutes, until warm and gooey Serve with slices of Honeycrisp apples or crackers, whatever's in your pantry Enjoy!

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