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DOWNSIZING ADVANTAGE? NO MORE HAUNTED HOUSE

August 16, 2021 by

The downsizing advantage hardly mentioned is losing a sense of place. And it’s a good thing. Move from the house you raised a family in and the reminders stay. The kids’ rooms, the family room, the office room, the dining room, the kitchen, and everything else, stays. The garage, storage spaces, window covering, decks? They […]

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HEALTH ADVICE STARTS WITH TRUSTING THE SOURCE

August 2, 2021 by

When health advice comes from questionable characters, is it really advice to follow? It’s not health advice when it comes from people with agendas, people courting voters, or people seeking some kind of personal affirmation. If Reverend Bob decides Sunday is the day to go off on the congregation about covid masks, covid vaccines, and […]

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IMPERFECT GOALS? NO ONE SAID YOU HAVE TO BE PERFECT

July 22, 2021 by

Imperfect goals are a good reason to write, to explain, to instruct. It doesn’t take a licensed teacher with three masters degrees to understand the pressures of perfection. “Do your work the best you can and let it stand” is the right motto for moving forward. The hard part is watching it all get torn […]

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YOUR TRIBE: HAVE YOU FOUND IT, OR STILL LOOKING

May 20, 2021 by

Your tribe is waiting and it’s accepting memberships, if that’s the sort of tribe that appeals to you. Or maybe you’re more of a “Membership? We don’t need no stinking membership” sort of person. Either way, the yearning for connection, human connections, isn’t going away. But which tribe is your tribe? A few clues:

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SPORTS FURNITURE UPDATE: GET COMFORTABLE WITH A BENCH

May 15, 2021 by

When sports furniture takes a turn for the worst, what do we do? The choices are limited: buy a new bench, re-do the old one, or just walk away and fuggitaboutit. The last option works better with exercise equipment that have second lives as clothes storage, not a weight bench. Buy a new bench? Not […]

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GYM RATS: THE PUMP IS THEIR CHEESE, SWEAT IS THE PRICE

May 11, 2021 by

Gym rats come in all shapes and sizes, but all of them have one consistent trait. They don’t miss a day if they can help it. Sick, injured, it doesn’t matter to them. They want that thing you can’t buy or pick up. Their go-to is the pump. The what?

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AGING EXPERTS PLAN FOR OLD AGE

May 3, 2021 by

Aging experts come in all shapes and sizes. And ages. They don’t need to be a hundred years old to be an aging expert. Or a PhD Gerontologist.

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MEDICAL MARIJUANA: 420 FROM THE OTHER SIDE

April 20, 2021 by

Medical marijuana sounded like a clever joke the first time I’d heard of it. Medical? Like legal? Did a smart hippie find a loophole to get high without getting arrested? What’s next, I figured, the return of cocaine to Coca-cola? Extra morphine in cough syrup? The benefits of medical marijuana dawned on me after a […]

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EXERCISE EQUIPMENT CLOTHES HANGER vs SHELF OF UNREAD BOOKS

February 7, 2021 by

Exercise equipment has one job, and it’s not for hanging clothes. One learns these things based on available space. Gym guys pay no attention because they don’t wear normal clothes. Their workout costume is an all day look, like they’re ready to drop and give themselves 20 pushups at a moment’s notice. Those outfits don’t […]

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SOFT AMERICA FLUFFS HISTORY AND LIKES IT LIKE THAT

November 4, 2020 by

What turns hard America to soft America? It starts with a poor role model for hard America, when a soft man portrays a tough guy. An aging man can be a comfort when they share the wisdom of experience, when they show up on time and ready to go, when they take their age into […]

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