One Ringy Dingy By blog My husband dumped his cell phone in the ocean last week while kayaking. Actually he was taking a photo of […]
Why Anti-Aging Fitness at 50 Can Save Your Life By Jane Farrell article By Marni Andrews As millions of baby boomers cross the 50-year threshold, the perception of the dreaded ΓÇ£half-centuryΓÇ¥ mark is … Read More→
Bring on the Junk By blog I am of an age where junk mail amuses me. Not only because I get precious little else, but because […]
Chrysanthemums By blog There are certain fragrances that are the harbinger of autumn. Chrysanthemums and fallen leaves do it for me. I am […]
The Waiting Game By blog I hate waiting on the phone. It was bad enough being put on hold and being forced to listen to […]
Romance Around the Campfire By blog One topic that came up as we reminisced around the campfire during my 50th camp reunion was the romances that […]
A Learned Response to Loss: Changing the Script By Jane Farrell blog IΓÇÖve found that very few people look at the emotion of grief. Typically ΓÇ£griefΓÇ¥ is associated with the emotional process […]
Post-Menopausal? Don't Let High Blood Pressure Sneak Up on You By blog A few decades ago, we had a totally different definition of “high.” Today, as Baby Boomers, we often associate “high” […]
Play Date at Camp Deer Run By blog Saturday at my 50th (gag) camp reunion was all about playing. The start of the day was camp skits and […]
Schmoozing wiith S'mores By blog Camp Deer Run on Lake Winnipesaukee, NH was abuzz with friends meeting friends for the 50th Camp Reunion. People (I […]
Schmoozing with S'mores By blog Camp Deer Run on Lake Winnipesaukee, NH was abuzz with friends meeting friends for the 50th Camp Reunion. People (I might add much younger appearing than I am), folks I didn't even know, came up to me and congratulated me on being there. Um, in contrast to what, being dead? But their intent was good so I let my sarcastic self lay low. Eventually I figured out how so many people recognized me. I had been in a video shot five years prior. They knew me from the video. Okay, with that mystery solved I was a wee bit sad that people didn't actually remember me by how I looked 50 years ago.
Camp Reunion in Paradise By blog New Hampshire in the summer. Wolfeboro, on Lake Winnipesaukee to be exact. Picture if you will a pristine setting of pines and large granite boulders along the edge of a lake that is so clear you can see the white sand bottom until you run out of sunlight. It has 228 islands, it is 182 miles around the lake but only 63 miles if driving. The road cuts out a lot of coves and peninsulas. And it is 20.8 miles long and at the widest 9 miles. The surface area is 72 square miles. Found in the central part of New Hampshire, the lake is about 504 feet above sea level.
_ Hep C Could Become a Rare Disease By Sondra Forsyth article Newly implemented screening guidelines and improved, highly effective drug therapies could make hepatitis C a rare disease in the United States by 2036, according to the results of a predictive model developed at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The results of the analysis, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and performed with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, were published in the August 5th 2014 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys By blog This is the ninth blog in a series. To read the earlier entries, click here: Archive: The ThirdAge Romance Saga of Sally Franz. I just heard this phrase: ΓÇ£Not My Circus, Not my MonkeysΓÇ¥. It is purportedly translated from an old Polish saying. And it has become so popular you can buy T-shirts with the saying plastered across the front. I wish I could buy one for every stepparent alive.
Simple Minded By blog This is the seventh blog in a series. To read the earlier entries, click here: Archive: The ThirdAge Romance Saga of Sally Franz. The great thing about living in a place that is a vacation destination is that everyone finally wants to come visit me. Not so when I lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma or Tarboro, NC. Not saying those places don't have their peculiar charm, but living next to a national park trumps azaleas and magnolias (in 104 degree heat) big time.
_ Aging Well Caregiving Medical Care Long-Term Care Must Be Improved By Sondra Forsyth article As millions of Americans struggle to help loved ones with dementia, policymakers should consider more ways to improve long-term services and supports for the soaring numbers of people with the debilitating condition and their caregivers, according to a new RAND Corporation study done in June 2014. Thereport also offers possible ways to achieve those goals.
The Wedding Planner By blog This is the third blog in a series. To read the first series, click here: Archive: The ThirdAge Romance Saga of Sally Franz. When you are in your 20s and getting married for the first time it is likely that this is the first large event you have had to plan. It can be overwhelming and something always goes wrong. It levels many a young bride into a fit of sobbing tears.
IΓÇÖll Never Fall in Love Again By blog This is the first blog in a series. To read the series, click here: Archive: The ThirdAge Romance Saga of Sally Franz. ΓÇ£I am sooooooo over marriage! I obviously have a broken picker and will never ever date again unless at least 45 of my closest friends approve of my choice.ΓÇ¥ Yes, I said those words and I meant every word when I signed my second divorce papers. Heck, even long term relationships that end can feel like divorce. And I have had scads of those.