Enjoying Age
Senior Stories

Enjoying One’s Age in the Later Stage (Aging Euphemisms)

Countless euphemisms have been penned about geezerdom, such as “strolling into the sunset of life,” but anyone who regards aging as the most fun you can have without giggling with glee needs a brain scan (to prove that they still have one). I saw the great actor Hume Cronyn, then in his eighties, interviewed on…

Fender Skirts
Nostalgia

Fender Skirts, Curb Feelers, and Necker Knobs (Words That Disappeared)

I haven’t thought about fender skirts in years. When I was a kid, I considered it such a funny term. Made me think of a car in a dress.  More Words That Disappeared Thinking about fender skirts started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice.   Like…

Power of Prayer in Medicine
Health & Medical

The Power of Prayer in Medicine (Prayer Group Miracles)

Here’s more evidence that — in medicine, as in all of life — prayer and prayer groups seem to work in mysterious ways.   People Who Are Prayed for Fare Better In one recent study, women at an in vitro fertilization clinic had higher pregnancy rates when total strangers were praying for them. Another study…

16 things it took 50 years to learn
Life Lessons & How Tos

16 Things It Took Me 50 Years to Learn (Senior Wisdom)

As we all age, the one thing we can almost certainly count on gaining is wisdom. Here are 16 things it took me 50 years to learn. It’s unfortunate that most life lessons are learned the hard way.  50 Years Later: I Learned 16 Things You will never find anybody who can give you a…

Best Tips on Flying
Life Lessons & How Tos Travel

Best Tips on Flying: Before, During and After Your Flight

Commercial airline travel doesn’t have to be a debacle. You can definitely reduce your travel anxiety with a good plan. Follow our best tips on flying and you’ll find your destination relaxed and ready.   A Middle-Seat Manifesto Rushing to catch a flight at Washington Reagan National Airport a few weeks ago, Amy Haywood Hughes…

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