From raising awareness about senior rights to commemorating the lives of the oldest people in our families, holidays honoring elders allow us to celebrate the wise people in our lives and remind us to check up on them and...
By Jan Larraine Cox
As we all don our green clothing in honor of St. Patrick on Friday March 17, bear in mind that back in the day, the official color was instead, blue! We typically wear green because of...
No matter your age, planning a wedding takes careful consideration, and if many of your guests are mature, there are probably a few extra things to think about. Why not take inspiration from popular British TV shows such as...
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
“But when an assassin’s bullets shattered the dream, she showed the world that there was unimagined strength beneath the silk.” HUGH SIDEY, LIFE MAGAZINE
With help from White House Social Secretary...
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
"When I began collecting, I did it for the joy of it, and it was only as the collection grew and such great interest was evidenced by others that I came...
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By Nick Thomas
The closest I’ve ever come to royalty was holding four kings in a game of poker. As a child, however, growing up in a Commonwealth country in the early 60s, we were...
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
“Perfection is no accident.” ROLAND MESNIER
“My rules are no heavy garlic, no heavy gravy and no flaming desserts, but I use fruit in most of them. I found that Democrats...
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
Author Jerry Friedman, an award-winning photographer in the fields of print advertising and television, took on a four-year project to document in photographs and words the human stories of our...
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
Remember audio cassettes, paper airline tickets, fountain pens, telephone tables, slotted screwdrivers, slide rulers, wax mannequins, Polaroid SX-70 cameras, player pianos, paper dresses and sanitary belts? As a pack rat, I...
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By Kathy A. Megyeri
Did you know that:
“O say, can you see” was originally a poem by Francis Scott Key, who was only 35 years old at the time? The National Anthem tells the story...
