Italy at its most authentic If you want Italy devoid of tourists and touristy stuff, the toe of the boot is the place for you. You’re not likely to hear an American ordering a latte’ at...
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Helping Aging Parents
A study finds kids are willing to step up Do you wonder if your kids will have your back when you’re older? Apparently the answer is a surprising yes. That’s the good news in a conversation...
9 Signs your Partner is Emotionally Mature
And why that’s important for a relationship. When we think about finding a partner, our first inclination is to rely on our hearts. Certainly, romantic love is important, but it’s of limited value...
Puglia
Get there before the invasion begins. Apulia, or as we say in the U.S., Puglia — pronounced pool-ya — is at the heel of the Italian boot. Having traveled extensively throughout Italy...
More Personal Baggage
Behavioral styles that can disrupt relationships. In The Big Five, we talked about how personality traits are a form of baggage each partner brings to their relationships. The characteristics that...
Driving My Tesla
Learning about a car all over again. I was thinking how wrong I hoped the adage about teaching an old dog new tricks would be when I took delivery of my new Tesla last month. Thirteen months to the...
Reverse Mortgages
Are they too good to be true? The ads for reverse mortgages, aka Home Equity Conversion Mortgages (HECM), tout them as a way for older people to take the equity out of their homes so they have money...
Homeless & Hungry
What we can do to make their lives a little more bearable. I am an adjunct professor at a community college. Last week I attended the semi-annual student play. As with most things of that nature, I...
The Religious Society of Friends: The Quakers
A movement for our times Some sixty-odd silent people sit calmly on plain grey wooden benches arranged in a large square, the benches cascade higher, on black wooden platforms leaving an open center...
“Absolute Perfection”
A peek into an original TV script Most of us have seen an episode of episodic (or series) TV. Many of us now binge watch on Netflix, or Hulu or the like. But how many of us have actually seen a...
