It’s not like I don’t have a respectable list of things I should be doing, or could be doing, for that matter, instead of spending the better part of a perfectly lovely spring day languishing at the computer. But the fact is, that’s what has occurred. They (the Royal they) counsel that hanging around the wrong […]

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One of our readers sent me an email that really touched me:

“I am not completely an empty nester unfortunately. My 20 year old son was not able to return to college this fall because of the lack of loans and grants available to him. So now he is doing nothing except for playing the computer game WoW (World of Warcraft) most of his waking hours. He did just purchase a small business that will make him a small living, but I pray he goes back to college. He is very bright and it would be such a waste if he didn’t.

Hannah, my heart goes out to you. As a mother of three adult…

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The Healing Waters of Eureka Springs

If you’re driving along route 62 through Northwest Arkansas and don’t venture off the main highway, you will only catch half of Eureka Springs. Depending on one’s bent, it’s the best half or the worst half.

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After spending last Friday at a Ballroom Dance competition, cheering for my friends, both amateur and professional, I did, as always, have a brief moment of regret that I hadn’t entered the competition myself. Oh, I have no need or desire to dance publicly, but, oh! those magnificent gowns - sequined, feathered, flowing, and the […]

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The phone rang a moment ago, and just like that! my past collided with my present - but in a good way. It was my (almost) 10 year old granddaughter who has the warmest , most infectious giggle in her voice,  that just hearing it,  put me in  a very “good place,” when only moments before, I’d […]

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By Gary Geyer
 
 
Ron Silver was an old friend of mine. I met him about 40 years ago when I was vacationing by myself in Toromolinos, a beach resort in Spain. Ron was a graduate student studying in Valencia, traveling around for the summer. My intention was to spend three weeks mostly doing nothing […]

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By Jan Cullinane

Let’s start with a few statistics: most (84%) people want to retire close to water; most (71%) people over 40 like to take cruises, and many (40%) of those surveyed cite climate as the most important consideration in choosing a retirement location. Is there a place where we can turn these […]

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Whether you are approaching 50, over 50 or hoping to reach 50 one day the rate you’re going, this book is arguably all you need to know on the subject of sex. It’s quite comprehensive, very well written, has great advice on all aspects of sex and is reassuring where it needs to […]

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