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7 Things to Know About Life After 50
1. The urge to cook evaporates. The urge to order out, go out and cop out of cooking takes over. After 50, there is no going back to four-course dinner parties. Those dinner parties now seem like dreams, a time … Continue reading
Posted in Growing older, Huffington Post publication, Lifestyle, Retirement
Tagged Huff/Post50, Huffington Post, wisdom after 50
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Mirror, Mirror: Giving Up Those Face Patrols
I can’t tell you how to fly over the rainbow, but I do know one way to make yourself miserable as mud. Here’s how: Get a magnifying mirror. Then go on constant face patrol, a form of culturally-induced self-torture. Consult … Continue reading
The 3,000 Mile Umbilical Cord
It’s funny about umbilical cords. They were supposedly cut at birth and they don’t extend to grandchildren. Then how come I’m still connected in some ancient mammalian way to generations of my family even though they live 3000 miles away? … Continue reading
For geezer orphans: Mother’s Day is never over
There’s always a way to say thanks to mom, even after she’s gone. Here’s one surprising idea , a way to keep the special day alive by adding a new phase to the celebration… When my mother graduated from the … Continue reading
End of days: Why cats have it better than we do
Highly recommended: Free emailed posts from The Writer’s Almanac—a new poem a day and the kind of poetry a person can understand. Here’s today’s poem about the end of cats and the end of people–right on the money from Marge … Continue reading
Posted in Growing older, Over 80, Philosophy
Tagged cats, death, Piercy, Writer's Almanac
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Are you autoliterate?: What older people need to know about the new cars
We’ve all heard about the reduced skills of older drivers: We’re less flexible so we can’t swivel our necks to see backing up. Our reflexes are slower and we’re more likely to get in accidents–blah, blah. Still, it is the … Continue reading
Posted in Growing older, Health, Lifestyle, Travel
Tagged car safety, Ford C-Max, new car features, older drivers, senior drivers, Volvo
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Alzheimer’s–New Research Suggests Trouble Starts in the Liver, Not the Brain
If True, It May Be An Open Door To New Treatments With The Liver As Target Recent research suggests the amyloid protein making up the brain plaque associated with Alzheimer’s Disease may start in the liver and be moved by … Continue reading
Lost & Found: The Pleasures of Life
Have you noticed a weird category of life experiences—things that give great pleasure, but because they are not part of your habit pattern, you forget how wonderful they are and so you don’t pursue those pleasures? Then you run across … Continue reading
