Member Blogs
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Army Strong--Learning to Swim at 59
In January of this year, I joined the local YMCA and signed up for swimming lessons. I managed to live 59 years--more than 21,700 days--without learning how to swim.I could dog paddle, but I never learned to actually swim. So how did I get through 10...
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Brain Fitness: Four Strategies to Keep Your Wits with Aging
However magnificent one’s earlier accomplishments, getting older can be a humbling experience. Loss of peripheral vision and depth judgment, lessened hearing acuity, decreased sensitivity of taste buds, stiffened arteries, declining bone density, a...
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5 Tips: Knowing What Help You Need
Why is it so hard to ask for help? Asking for and accepting help is complex. At times, it is essential to admit that you need the helping hand of someone else in order to make a difference in the quality of care you provide for your loved one. Defining...
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Oleda On...Living Younger Longer: MOISTURIZERS
Moisturizers: The More Expensive They Are, The Better They Are, Right? Wrong! Government labeling regulations require that a product’s ingredients be printed on the container in descending order. Therefore, the first ingredient you see on a label is...
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Greetings
Alright, I’m sentimental. If you open my nightstand drawer, you’ll find a card from my grandfather (congratulating me for making the dean’s list,) a Valentine from old lover and several Mother’s Day cards signed in crayon. They share space with...
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Army Strong: Kick Ass Healthy For Life
Of all times and places in the history of the world, right now is the best time to live a long, healthy, kick ass life. In a month I will be 60 years old and begin my last two years in the Army National Guard. All soldiers are supposed to get out by age...
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Army Strong--There are Two Kinds of People in the World. . .
One of the long distance bicycling legends of Central Pennsylvania has not been on a bike for most of the last year. This woman of 200-mile days is riding a stationary bike and swimming at the YMCA. Why?Last year she had a small crash with a big injury....
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Life After 50 for WMKV89.3 fm and wmkvfm.org public radio
ALICE HORNBAKER SHOW ON AIR WMKV 89.3 FM WMKVFM.ORG INTERNET WMKVSHOW 4-1-13 Hello again. This is Alice Hornbaker for WMKV 89.3 FM and wmkvfm.org streaming my column “Life after 50”around the world on the Internet Mondays and Thursdays...
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Infamous Folk Heroines
March was Women’s History Month, but one month is nowhere long enough time to celebrate all of the heroines in history. Some women deserve further recognition due to extraordinary acts that earned them a spot in our history books. What makes these...
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Army Strong--Kick Ass Healthy for Life
Of all times and places in the history of the world, right now is the best time to live a long, healthy, kick ass life. In a month I will be 60 years old and begin my last two years in the Army National Guard. All soldiers are supposed to get out by age...
