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Alaska Tours for Seniors: Best Alaska Cruises for Seniors

It was our last evening in Alaska. After 12 adventure-filled days of up-close photo encounters with calving glaciers, grizzly bears, moose, singing whales, bald eagles, Dall sheep, and that mellow, neighborly creature known as “The Local,” our Celebrity Alaska Cruise tour was already the vacation of a lifetime. Here are the story and our tips…

As seen on TV
Nostalgia

As Seen on TV: The Early Days of Television

Our generation was privileged to grow up with the most influential, most promising invention since the wheel. We watched its humble beginnings through snow, squiggles, and rolls on tiny monitors that took minutes to warm up, often hours more to “tune.” In those pre-clicker, pre-color days, Dad was in charge of the “rabbit ear” antenna,…

B-17 Flight
Nostalgia

A Geezer’s B-17 Flight Into History

Exactly 60 years ago tonight – New Year’s Eve, 1944 – Lt. John McLaughlin was piloting a bomber called Andy’s Dandy’s in a group of 18 four-engine B-17s on a run over Germany. Target: Hamburg. Suddenly the sky went black with German fighters. McLaughlin estimated some 100 Messerschmitt 109s coming fast at 12 o’clock high….

Senior Articles Collection
Senior Stories

Senior Articles & Columns Collection

In Case You Missed Out…Enjoy These Recent Suddenly Senior Columns. We know you’ll enjoy our extensive list of senior articles and stories. A FRESH AND FUNNY LOOK AT SENIORDOM “I think my sexpiration date has expired!” SENIOR SEX Gramps Doing It! SENIOR NOSTALGIA Remember? Dating in the ‘50s and other lies SENIOR TRIVIA Are you…

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Nostalgia

Senior Nostalgia (Suddenly Senior Memories and Stories)

We’ve got the best collection of senior nostalgia available. Check out some of our memories and stories from Suddenly Senior writers and readers. 50th Reunion Evokes Memories, Melancholy A look back at 1957, our black and white world, our expectations, our ideals, and dreams. And why Lily Tomlin was correct when she said, “I always…

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