A New Yorker goes country. No one would confuse Long Island, N.Y. for a hotbed of country music. But that didn’t matter to Carolyn Miller. In fact, Carolyn has been preparing herself to become...
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Behind the Lens
Have you ever wondered what an AD (Assistant Director) does on a TV set? Now you can know. Who doesn’t love a good movie and who doesn’t enjoy that special show on Thursday night? For...
Chinese Luey — Part 5
Just Because Your Name is Chinese Luey Don’t Mean You Ain’t Norwegian. Luey did the third chess puzzle in the book, and just like the other two, could not get the right answer...
Fine Art for Sale
When you need a little something to decorate your home. How much are you willing to pay to cover the bare spaces on your walls? There are lots of options across an incredible range of prices. You...
One Man’s Fight For Justice
Jeffrey Deskovic was wrongfully imprisoned at 17 for the rape and murder of 15-year-old Angela Correa, in 1990. In 2006, he was released as an innocent man. In this article, we will cover the gross...
Life is Great — Relatively Speaking
The psychological tricks we use to feel good about ourselves. Maintaining our self-esteem and being happy are what we all strive for. We put a lot of effort in finding things that feed into both of...
Teaching the Teacher
You’re never too old to learn, and from some unlikely sources. When I began my retirement march, which has lasted over 5 years to date, I thought it would be a good idea to pass my knowledge of...
Jazz
Listening to America’s Music…All Over Again. From Louis Armstrong to Frank Sinatra, from Count Basie to Dizzy Gillespie, including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Miles Davis…jazz has been...
Great American Scoundrels of the 20th Century
A few of the most dangerous characters in our recent past. We looked into the creeps of the twentieth century — those who held positions of authority inside our government and whose deeds had...
Be Careful Out There!
Just what are your rights in the United States? That depends on where you live. What can be criminal behavior in one place can be perfectly legal in another. Of course it goes both ways. Should...
Chinese Luey — Part 4
Just Because Your Name is Chinese Luey Don’t Mean You Ain’t Norwegian. Darkness and light breed with one another, one feeding off the other and dreaming only of complete surrender from...
Defending Millennials — Part 2
Maybe we Boomers shouldn’t throw stones. In Part 1 we covered Millennials’ supposed shortcomings. But what about their strengths? I mentioned that a number of researchers report that...
The Little People Shuttle
Give your kids the mobility they deserve, and you won’t even have to leave work. You were a nerd in high school. No one liked you. You spent your time in dark rooms looking at computer screens...
Defending Millennials: Part 1
This generation is much maligned, but is it deserved? Like all generations before us, we Boomers have strong opinions about the upcoming crop. I’m talking about Millennials, those born...
Emotional Support
Men and women can differ on what it means and how to provide it. Anyone who’s been married for a few weeks knows that it’s a complicated affair. There are lots of rough patches, reasons...
Chinese Luey — Part 3
Just Because Your Name is Chinese Luey Don’t Mean You Ain’t Norwegian. Luey checked into the Holiday Inn on the corner near the Chinese Restaurant and across from the back gate to the...
Chinese Luey — Part 2
Just Because Your Name is Chinese Luey Don’t Mean You Ain’t Norwegian. Elizabeth “Betty” Brown owned twenty six pairs of shoes and and a hand bag for each pair. She wore an Audemars...
Eco-Tourism: Think Yourself Green
Traveling well while saving the planet. I love the name “eco-tourism”. What it actually means is that you have to fly and/or drive, burning a few thousand dollars of fossil fuel, sleep in the most...
Mentoring
Help yourself while helping others. There’s a lot of talent out there wasting away. Those of us who have left the workforce take with us many years of experience in our fields. And we have...
Driving Through the Rockies
A mix of national parks, the wild west, and artsy towns. Sometimes it’s nice to get out in nature. Not all the time, mind you — I don’t have quite the appreciation for natural...
