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WMKV 89.3 FM ON AIR AND WMKVFM.ORG ON THE INTERNET “LIFE AFTER 50” COL FOR AUG. 23, 2010 ON AIRBY ALICE HORNBAKER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HELLO AGAIN. THIS IS ALICE HORNBAKER FOR WMKV 89.3 FM BRINGING YOU ANOTHER “LIFE AFTER 50” COLUMN THAT IS HEARD, EXCLUSIVELY, ON WMKV 89.3 FM AND WMKVFM.ORG AROUND...

What? Isn’t that from the Star Trek movies? Yes…..the Jedi Knights somehow were able to draw great powers from their surrounding environment and universe, instilling them with super-human strength and some type of mental, metal bending powers. That reminds me… I had an uncle who thought he was indestructible and could read minds, but his powers were concentrated in an oak barrel and wore...

Being behind the wheel, whilst careening down the road at 83 miles per hour, allows a lot of...

PAINT ME A PRETTY PICTURE I had tried to take classes for years but every time I did the memory of that art room from long ago stopped me cold. I knew I had it in me to take advantage of what was offered in other rooms like that but the memories from that old room would soon rope me in and I was once again bound and tied to a terrible time in my childhood. I let this deep yearning and...

Started making an Altered Book art piece, while limping around on knee brace. It is lots of fun, and allows me to make pictures using color, paint, cut and paste like a kid!Started out with an old recycle-able book, 2 inches thick. Glued about 5 pages together at a time with Elmer's glue, to make about 20 thick pages. Painted the outside covers with Gesso, then the inner pages, one or 2 at a...

We’ve all seen the infomercials: fitness equipment that works you out in only minutes each week. The model using the machine looks perfect and an actor endorses it. It’s on television, so it must work. In fact, I likely use it. So why am I going to tell you that you’ve been conned? The truth is, most of the fitness equipment out there is great – even if it looks like something from...

Yesterday morning, I had to wait on the telephone for someone. I was reconnected, waited again, “Please, just one moment!” and I started to draw a bit, on a piece of paper. I drew nothing important, just some lines, some curves, some penises… OK, I admit, I drew pics of naked men. And women! They were not all that bad, really, nicely proportioned and so, and I got quite into...

I made a fool of myself when I was 9 years old. (It has happened many times since then.) Here’s my story: I was at 4H camp in Ocala, Florida for a week. The counselors decided that we would have a talent show that everyone (as in several hundred campers if I remember correctly, but it was probably more like 50) would attend. Anyway, eager to put my talents on display, I said yes right away when...

I'm betting that no one reading this looks forward to having lab work done...I'm no exception! Besides my mothers big backside she also gave me her veins..small,deep and seem to disappear when being stuck. This morning was a nightmare. I got to the lab just as it was opening. Waited about ten minutes and was called in.The girl didn't look too smart but I gave her the benifit and went with her to...