Advice
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TOP TEN ‘UP’SIDES OF GOING DOWNHILL
12. A good night’s sleep can happen smack in the middle of the day. 11.. When your car gets towed, you are actually entitled to a senior discount! 10. No one tries to slip a ‘date rape’ drug in your drink. 9. Store clerks don’t try to sell you spandex or stilettos anymore. 8. … Read more
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ARE YOU NORMAL?
Chances are if you don’t think you are, you really are. It’s the people who think they ARE normal that are frankly, wacky. For years, I have conducted my own completely, unscientific research and found the above to be quite true. Check it out yourself. Ask a group of friends and most will likely tell… Read more
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UNTIE THE KNOT!
Look, I hate to burst your bubble but there is no such thing as a, “fresh start.” Can’t be done. Not even remotely possible. Once you are you, you have written all over that slate that once began ‘clean.’ Oh, you can try to erase what you’ve written. You can even write over it in… Read more
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CLEAN UP YOUR ACT!
Life is messy. I don’t care how many times you clean the kitchen or how well. It just gets messy. Maybe it’s bread crumbs or a smear of jelly. Maybe it’s grease and pasta splattered across the stove. Maybe you made a smoothie and forgot to put the top on tight. But face it: … Read more
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BACK UP!
As I deliver this bit of shocking news, I hope that you are not sitting down. Frankly, you need to be standing at attention. Here goes: if you are over 40, only about 60% of you have even thought about getting old. However, one third of you prefer, ‘not to think about aging at all.’ … Read more
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CAN’T STOP
I need to get this down before we get to the bottom of the Boston Marathon tragedy yesterday. While media crews swarm and investigators forage for the perpetrators of this horror, I am making myself focus on that 78 year-old man who was running his 4th marathon. You know, the one who was blown to… Read more
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“LOVE ALL, TRUST A FEW”
William Shakespeare sure understood a thing or two about people. In the 500 years since he wrote those words, we have not really changed all that much. “Trust,” as Granny always said, “has to be earned.” And since it April 1st, a day which ‘fools’ us all, I am contemplating what that word really means.… Read more
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DON’T BAT AN EYELASH!
Several times in recent weeks, perfect strangers, when seeing me with my youngest daughter have said, “Gosh. You look just alike!” or, “Well I can sure tell that she’s your daughter!” Funny thing is, until I saw this picture tonight, I almost believed them! But a picture IS worth a thousand words. . . and… Read more
AGEFULLY AGING 