By Ray Hatfield
Everything you are doing to land a job is probably wrong.
This is not one of those ‘look him in the eye and give him a firm handshake, go back to school and learn new skills, hire a professional to rewrite your resume’ type articles.
After 50, the chances of you landing an advertised job […]

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Every time I think I’m in serious danger of becoming a princess because of all my self-indulgences, I am snapped out of it unexpectedly, usually by my husband. He has a knack of knowing not only what will please me, but how happy it will make me to get what most would consider, at best, […]

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Topping the vineyard laden hills of the Piedmont (Piemonte) region in Italy are charming little ancient villages with quaint lodgings, wonderful food and wine specialties. With a romantic getaway in mind, Claudia, hostess extraordinaire, took us on a driving tour down the lovely rural lanes of Monferrato to show us her favorite villas. She insisted […]

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A cautionary tale for those of us who like to kill two birds with one stone. I think the term of choice now is multi-task. If you are one of those taskers, like I am, then you’ll want to know what can befall you if you’re not vigilant.I was risking life, limb, and driver’s […]

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Did you ever notice that from the time we were little kids, we’ve been counting - something or other. The days until summer vacation. The hours til you’ll see him, and then, how long are his parents going to stay? You’re how many days late? Counting push-ups at the gym, calories, carbs, the money in your wallet, the time […]

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The guy who lived directly across the way from me on the 15th floor of the building across the street became a kind of - I wouldn’t say friend - more like an acquaintance - although we’d never met, never spoken, never even acknowledged each other’s presence. Like me, he looked to be in his early […]

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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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