By Joanne R.

When I’m having sex with a man, nothing bugs me more than when he acts like he’s in virgin territory. (No pun intended.) You would think that after a guy gets past a certain age, like fifty or so, he would know how to make love to a woman’s body.
I can’t stand it […]

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By Ethel Lee-Miller
 
I recently started walking at the mall with a friend. We share the time it takes to do several loops. The faster we walk, the more we talk, mostly about relationships, particularly mother-daughter.
We both had our share of conflict with our mothers. I had been a rebellious teenager in the 1960s; […]

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Public Option Controversy. For some reason this particular issue has become very controversial. We believe this video is important for everyone to watch. It’s short and clears up some misconceptions. Click to view:

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By P. Coletta in Your Stories
 
I’m a “recovering” lawyer but like Marines, alcoholics, and Catholics, there’s some stuff you just can’t ever shake. About four years ago, I quit being a lawyer, and I’ve never looked back. I’ve quit other jobs and professions too and I’d like to tell you about it so […]

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Submitted and written by Redglasses
 
 
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) […]

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We enjoy Carol Adrienne’s work linking intuition, synchronicity and purpose, and were surprised to discover that she uses numerology with midlife clients doing a life review. The life chart helps them identify their values, reassess their strengths, understand life lessons, and clarify their purpose for the next chapter. Well, we found this irresistible, so several […]

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 It never ceases to amaze me that in a time when the median age Americans live to is approaching 80, getting to 50 continues to be milestone to be celebrated like the new millennium. Especially since this age simply marks the beginning of a (hopefully) slow deterioration of our bodies. After seeing commercials depicting 80 […]

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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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