By Jan Larraine Cox
In wartime it may seem we lack what we really want – peace. We feel something is not right when we turn on the news and again hear about atrocities happening in the Middle East. How...
By Dana C. Litwin, CVA (she/they)
What’s the big deal about pronouns these days? People write them on their nametags, bring it up in casual conversation, and there are all these emails and in the signature part, the person says...
by Michele D. Baker
Adapted from the article by Catherine E. Shoichet and Parker Leipzig for CNN (read the full article)
Edith Heyck didn’t expect she’d be 72 years old, divorced, and living alone. “I always thought I’d be married,” she says....
By Dale Bliss
In times past, grandparents were for mini vacations, special treats and extravagant birthday and Christmas gifts. Nowadays, it seems more and more grandparents are becoming extended parents. They are either completely raising the grandchildren or at least...
by Jan Cox
In the 1950s and 1960s we children didn’t see as much of dads as we did our moms. Dads traditionally worked outside the house, yet everyone’s dad experience is unique. This Father's Day, I remember and celebrate my...
Adapted from an article of the same name, AARP The Magazine, March 2023
By Michele D. Baker
A 2018 National Poll on Healthy Aging sponsored by AARP and the University of Michigan found that among men and women ages 65 to...
by Curt D. Baker, Land O'Lakes
These are my memories: It was the 1950s, we lived on a farm, and life was slower and simpler. After school and chores, there was time to play: cards, board games, tag, or if...
by Randal C. Hill
It may seem hard to believe, but once upon a time, nearly half of all Valentine’s Day messages sent contained grotesque caricatures of the intended recipient and mean-spirited, hurtful notices intended to drive in the knife.
By...
by Kathy Megyeri
This book, “Man With Farm Seeks Woman With Tractor, The Best And Worst Personal Ads Of All Time,” by Laura Schaefer, is hilarious. Personals are a great source of entertainment and they’ve been around since the 18th...
Adapted from an article on Top5-DatingSites.com
Regardless of what some may think, it’s never too late to find love; meeting someone in person isn’t the only option. Online dating has become very common – in fact, one in five relationships...
