Advocating Non-Traditional Lifelong Growth and Productivity
Recently, I've seen articles about "touch deprivation." With young people constantly all over each other with displays of public affection, I thought we had become a "touchy-feely" culture, but maybe I'm wrong. Perhaps young people hug and touch each other without thinking about it, but the "old folks"? Not so much.
I was aware of the "touch deprivation thing" … [Read more...] about Touch Deprivation
Many people, including some of the early supporters of the COVID "vaccine," are beginning to realize they were lied to by the government. Worse, some early supporters lost long-term relationships with friends who cautioned against getting a shot. Remember "the good old days" when you were scorned as a "vaccine denier" or "spreader of the virus if you didn't get vaccinated" … [Read more...] about Are You Vaccine Hesitant?
In 2003, The Lewin Group published "New Study Finds Increased Multivitamin Use By The Elderly Could Save Medicare 1.6 Billion." The study also stated that this could happen over the following FIVE years. So, 2008 came and went, and 1.6 billion in Medicare costs did not materialize. Wonder Why?
On a website for pharmacists, I read "Is Too Much of a Multivitamin a … [Read more...] about Is It Dangerous To Take a Vitamin Every Day?
A subscriber once suggested that In every edition of the newsletter, "You need to start with making a passionate statement about what you believe and why you are doing it." What a great suggestion!
So, what am I passionate about when it comes to aging?
I am passionate about ignoring chronological age and living my perceived age instead.
I am … [Read more...] about Avoid More Decline Than You Think Possible
Well, it happened again. A day does not go by that you don't see a headline referring to an older person as "elderly" or a "grandma". Those two words, as used by the media, are not flattering. The latest headline:
"Grandma, 80, Bullied by Trans Activists After YMCA Banned Her For Reporting What She Saw"
This is not about the above-mentioned article's … [Read more...] about Is The Ageist Media Making You Feel Old?
"Senior Sociopaths: How to Recognize and Escape Lifelong Abusers" is the title of a new book by Donna Anderson. If you have or have had troubling experiences in your life with friends or loved ones, this book is a must-read, and I do mean MUST. It will open your eyes and your mind to understand that most of us have or have had experienced pain and trauma, … [Read more...] about Senior Sociopaths
Editor comment: Recently I offered a free copy of my new e-book, You Are Not Too Old To Strut Your Stuff!. The Editor of AgelessBeauty.net took up my offer and what follows is her review. Barbara Morris has written a new book and it may be her best yet. In You Are Not Too Old To Strut Your Stuff! she lays out exactly how Boomers and older women can … [Read more...] about Review: You Are Not Too Old To Strut Your Stuff!
Every Wednesday at noon sharp, I can be found staring into the lovely faces of my writing peers via zoom for our weekly Senior Story Time, hosted by the Senior Scribblers. They are residents of the Senior Center in Franklin, Massachusetts. I came across this lively group of people quite by “accident,” but I think it was one of those God connections where several needs are … [Read more...] about Senior Scribblers Writing And Sharing Lives
A friend and brilliant writer publishes well-documented articles about current events. She said this in a recent newsletter: "Time is also not a friend of people my age. I'll be 73 at the end of June, so I don't have many years left. . . " I guess she has a direct pipeline to the intention of God or the Grim Reaper. Anyone at age 73 who assumes an early demise because … [Read more...] about Stop Anticipating Your Death!
I came across an intriguing article title claiming a promise to explain why Elites in power positions tell us what they’re going to do (to us) before they do it (https://tinyurl.com/5feyt4r9). It’s an article worthy of the several minutes involved to read. And then I did something I seldom do: looked at the comments. In the comments … [Read more...] about A VERY Inconvenient Reality
