Growing Bolder Community

Perhaps so. Researchers studied middle-aged adults who were placed on a low-fat, low-calorie diet (1,200 calories for women and 1,500 for men). After three months, the subjects who drank two glasses of water before breakfast, lunch and dinner lost an average of 15.5 pounds, compared to the non-water drinkers who lost 11 pounds. The difference occurred because the adults who drank water ate 75-90...

I’m thrilled and pleased to report that I have been asked to join the faculty of ComputerSchool for Seniors (cs4seniors). This new affiliation makes perfect sense to me and fits right in with my philosophy of continuing to learn no matter what your age. In fact, Internet usage by older adults is growing by leaps and bounds.They are using the Internet to learn about ways to make their...

This is an urgent plea to grandparents everywhere. Our children really need our help in raising our grandchildren. I have been spending the last year of Jarod’s two-year-old life teaching him manners and respect. He knows to say “Thank you” when you give him something or do something nice for him. He is learning how to say “Yes ma’am/No sir” as a show of respect for his...

Now that “Learning Later, Living Greater” has been published and is available for purchase, I’ve become a full-time book promoter. This is definitely stepping outside my comfort zone. I’ve never been comfortable with “sales.” Years ago, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as a young wife and mother I sold “timesharing,” real estate. I got my real estate license because my...

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” Picasso. Our lives have been a linear sequence of education, work, babies, minivans, college tuition, and care-taking. There is no question the joy imbued in these stages is irreplaceable. But somewhere in this process it’s easy to lose parts of ourselves. We begin turning beige as color and joy seep...