Nancy Muir
Found in: Computers & Technology
As technology improves, computers and delivery systems are both rapidly catching up to “traditional” television as home entertainment options. If you love movies, TV shows, and even games, you should explore the wealth of free online content available.
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Leigh Anne Jasheway
Found in: Humor
Lately, coupons scare me. Not the ones that show up in the newspaper on Sunday—those I love. The frightening coupons are those that print out as you finish checking out at the grocery store. Those give me the heebie-jeebies!
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Carol Sorgen
Found in: Travel
Built at the height of Florida’s land boom in the 1920s, the Biltmore was planned as “a great hotel…which would not only serve as a hostelry to the crowds which were thronging to Coral Gables but also would serve as a center of sports and fashion.”
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Editorial Staff
Found in: In The Home
Only one in 10 adults believes this is a good time to sell a home. But if you’re on hold in the real estate market, now is the time to get your house in order—literally. Make the right changes today, and you’ll get a better price tomorrow.
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Linda Thompson
Found in: Intergenerational Issues
Remember Jack Nicholson's line from A Few Good Men? “You can’t handle the truth!” Those words describe Boomers to a T. By 2023, one in five Americans will be over age 65, but few Boomers are facing the reality of their declining number of years on Earth.
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Linda Thompson
Found in: Intergenerational Issues
USA Today recently ran a series of articles that showed some of the other generations are beginning to wonder if those darn Boomers will ever leave the building. One interviewee was quoted, “Boomers have certainly sucked up a lot of cultural oxygen.”
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Lin Schreiber
Found in: Retirement, Volunteering
One of the best ways to find a purpose and create meaning in our encore lives is to make a difference in someone else’s life. It helps redirect our focus away from ourselves, and can provide a wonderful sense of fulfillment.
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Carol Sorgen
Found in: Travel
Combining the urban appeal of the city of Halifax with the picture postcard—yet sometimes stark—landscape of the rural outposts, Nova Scotia is a land of contrasts. Altogether, it’s a trip well worth taking.
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Leigh Anne Jasheway
Found in: Humor
Scientists recently reported that today’s humans almost all have a little Neanderthal in them. This is, I believe, the reason most of us eventually resort to plucking our eyebrows—we know deep down in our DNA that we won’t look good with a unibrow.
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Linda Thompson
Found in: Intergenerational Issues
Cool older people are already here, making an impact on our society and culture. But what's after “cool?” Actually, something even more desirable for those ever-growing-older Boomers: the mantle of wisdom.
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