A Ripple Instead of a Wave
I just read an op-ed on how boomers are being ignored; how TV, commercials, movies and music are all geared toward the younger generations. We older folk are left out. The article exhorted our country, if that is possible,...
Read moreWas that a Crisis or an Opportunity?
Well that was a bummer! Things don’t always go as planned. I’m wondering, as we get older, do we run into more road blocks and curve balls, or is it just that I can’t remember all of the challenges...
Read more“Come together”: Simple way to fight hatred
Last week I watched my fifteen-year-old grandson belt out the old Beatle’s tune “Come Together”, a peace song originally written to support the presidential campaign of Timothy Leary against Ronald Reagan. I doubt this modern teen knew the song’s...
Read moreBlue into Silver… or… How to Overcome the Holiday Blues
Loads of Latkes. Hordes of Holly. Oodles of cookies. The holidays, whichever you celebrate- or don’t- are upon us. I talk with people who are so busy that they barely have time for a conversation. I pass people in...
Read moreAnother New Year: Tips on Making 2018 the Best Yet
Happy New Year! Another New year! It seems that the older we get, the faster the years go by. I remember thinking during graduate school in the 1970’s that the George Orwell dystopia book “1984” was both dooming- and...
Read moreNew Year’s Resolutions as I Age: Food for Thought
Another opportunity to change! How is it that with the new year we imagine all the ways we will be different NEXT year? We could make that decision to change on March 1 or May 15. The possibility is...
Read moreRetirement: You are NOT losing an Identity, but gaining an Opportunity
Not too long ago I wrote about one of the challenges of getting older: Who am I now that I don’t have a business card? I described the loss inherent in giving up a life -long career and talked...
Read moreThe Flu and You: Over 65
My husband has the flu. Every night I watched the news and learned about those people in those other states who were running to those big white tents filled with doctors and nurses to be checked out for the...
Read moreAdd Some Sweetness!-With with less Pain
It’s the little things that count. So often we focus on the hard things going on in or lives, the tough things, and we forget about the good. My husband is a great one for seeing the positive side,...
Read moreDeath Comes to Dinner
My friend told me that she recently had a death dinner! A Death Dinner! Her idea was to invite friends over to talk about how they want to die. The amazing thing is that she had eight friends willing...
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