Advocating Non-Traditional Lifelong Growth and Productivity
I am three weeks into my stay at the Waya LaiLai Ecohaven on Waya LaiLai island in the Yasawa island chain of Fiji. A radio with lovely Fijian music is playing in this gorgeous dining hall just off the beach and all my friends are circulating somewhere around. Perhaps a Kava Ceremony is going on with everyone sitting on a grass mat drinking the spiritual … [Read more...] about Fiji: Luxury on a Shoestring
HELP! The world of online socializing is making my head spin. The dizziness is caused by the whirl of activity around me and the steady noise coming from the social media side of life. To avoid feeling like a wall flower (ouch I do remember) I'm so focussed on learning the dance steps and keeping up I'm tripping over my own feet.
It started … [Read more...] about Help!!! My Social Dance Card is Overflowing!
One of the most common complaints of older adults that echo off the walls in doctor and PT offices everywhere is this, “I have trouble standing up… My legs must be weak… Can you give me some exercises to strengthen my legs…”
Generally, while those exercises do strengthen the legs, they don’t solve the problem of standing up easily … [Read more...] about Standing Up Easily Forever: The Secret You Must Know!
I have watched with amazement as my visitor from Italy learns about life in the United States; she is enjoying all the ‘firsts’ that have come to her. Today she ate her first hamburger…with a terrific chocolate malt. She has yet to taste a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a necessary item in life. In Italy she can buy Nutella but she has no idea what … [Read more...] about Through A Visitor’s Eyes
What we choose not only influences us in the moment, but beyond it. How well or often do you practice the power of choice?
I was walking along on a beautiful morning, while my ego-mind was busy playing old tapes and imagining unpleasant future moments, when I noticed that I was allowing this yet again. Then I had this thought: If Jesus, … [Read more...] about The Power of Choice and What You Choose
"We get up in the morning; sit at the kitchen table, drinking our morning coffee, planning our day. The biggest decision of the day: where to go for lunch!" A former colleague of mine gave me an accounting of her daily routine several years ago. At the time of this conversation my husband and I were only contemplating … [Read more...] about Surviving in a Dual Retired Marriage
The following comment was made in response to one of my YouTube videos:
I'm reading No More Little Old Ladies at this time. It's just the boost I need because so many people view mid-life women in such a negative way. I can't believe the statements I hear when it comes to a mid life woman. If she is lively, stylish and has a young perspective … [Read more...] about Middle-age “Mean Girls” Behavior
Inside the Dementia Epidemic: A Daughter’s Memoir, a debut memoir by family caregiver Martha Stettinius, tells the compelling personal story of her long journey as a caregiver to her mother with dementia, while exploring the causes and potential treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.
Like many adult children of aging parents, … [Read more...] about Inside the Dementia Epidemic
In 2004, at age 66, soon after leaving Honduras as a Peace Corps health volunteer, I started a brand new career as an on-call Spanish interpreter, something I’d never done before. Previously, I’d worked in social work, juvenile probation, social policy research, and for an occupational therapy association. I already knew Spanish before going to Honduras … [Read more...] about A New Career at Age 66
Remember President George W. Bush? Well he's still affecting our economic lives.
Let me explain.
Before beneficiaries can receive any inheritance, an estate will have to pay various state and federal inheritance taxes on all assets it owns.
Then and only then will the balance of … [Read more...] about Opportunity To Save $$ On Estate Taxes Expires Dec 31 2012
