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Eric Shackle of Australia is the author of the world's first multi national electronic book. It's called, Life Begins at Eighty. At age 88, it's something Eric knows first-hand. He also knows a little bit about writing. He filed his first newspaper article when he was 18 and didn't stop until he was 65. Actually, he retired then, but he really didn't stop at all. Instead, he focused his writings...

The Growing Bolder Media Group received the prestigious Senior Vison Media Award for 2008, presented by the Florida Council on Aging. In just it’s first year online, GrowingBolder.com has presented a vision of the 50+ population unseen anywhere else. In less than a year, GrowingBolder.com has taken the lead in smashing the stereotypes of aging. They do it by documenting the new reality:...

There's an international catfight of nearly immortal proportions taking place on GrowingBolder.com for World's Oldest Blogger Honors. It's the battle of the century. Literally! In the GrowingBolder.com corner, from America, clocking in at 109 years, 9 months and 4 days, Ruth Hamilton. In the AllAboutOlive.com.au corner, from Australia, with a time of 108 years, 8 months and 23...

Have you ever had one of those moments in life where you wake up and say, “I just can’t do this anymore”? Maybe it’s a relationship that just isn’t working. Or maybe it’s work that isn’t working. That’s what happened to me. 26 years, 8 months and 11 days after the first time I ever walked in to the WESH-TV studios in Orlando, I walked out. I kept thinking I must be nuts. After...