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  • Iris Davis
    Iris Davis

    This butt-kicking grandmother is chasing down bad guys.


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    Bam! Don't Mess With Granny

    A 70-year-old grandmother is receiving a complete set of Chef Emeril Lagasse's signature cookware to replace the 5- quart saucepan she used to fight off home intruders.


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    So much for the paranormal...

    This happened today: There is a cold stormy wind blowing as I walk to the old people’s home to visit my mother, a group of geese fly above me, making that gobling noise, trying to find food somewhere. I decide to follow them a bit, I have to run...

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    The Growing Bolder Radio Show: April 4, 2009

    This week's guests include freefalling grandmother Harriet Shepard, author David Mills, musician Joe Cocker and celebrity chef Eric Ripert.


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    Bam! Don't Mess With Granny

    A 70-year-old grandmother is receiving a complete set of Chef Emeril Lagasse's signature cookware to replace the 5-quart saucepan she used to fight off home intruders.


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    A College Success Story

    54-year-old mother, grandmother and nurse's assistant Jennie Long had plenty to keep her busy. Then, she decided to add homework to the mix, by going back to school.


  • Irongeezer & Irongeezelle Eggink
    Honestly, yummy

    IrongeezelleSays™ “Honestly, yummy” By Tatjana Eggink Since I was a small child, food has played a dominant part of my life. My family – parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins – would gather for lunch, the biggest meal in a...

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    Kay Glynn

    After a 30-year layoff, this former college track star decided to get back into the competition. Did she ever! She's now 56, grandmother of three, and holder of many national and even a world record!


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    Pick it Before it Picks You

    Our weekly Ageop chat never fails to amuse and inspire. Last night we chatted about everything...

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    D.G. Fulford

    Girls do many things with their mothers – shop, talk, cook. But not many daughters can say that they wrote a book with their mom. D.G. Fulford, a grandmother herself, did just that with her 89-year-old mother.


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    The Christmas card (true story)

    Last Christmas would be the first without my mother. We did the tree, the candles, and I...

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  • Cathy Droz
    Cathy Droz

    If it has four wheels, Cathy Droz knows what it is, what it does and how to sell it.


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    Eileen Kisailus

    Any mother, grandmother, wife or woman can attest to the changes going on through their body as they age. For Eileen Kisailus, she used her understanding of a woman's hormones to create a business that caters to just that.


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    Two Voices Separated by 1 Generation

    SUGAR COOKIES AND LAVENDER SWEET PEAS I came home as a newborn cradled in her loving arms. As a preschooler I sat for hours in her lap listening to made up stories about mice who could sing, dance, and talk to each other in the woods. She made...

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    Fast Forward: Washing Clothes

    Washing clothes is one of those chores that no one can escape. But the process has gotten much easier. Check out this email that's making the rounds - directions for washing clothes that a Kentucky grandmother gave to a new bride many years ago.


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    Christmas in Phoenix

    Well, the trip down to Phoenix went smoothly, no snow, no ice and plenty of sunshine. Right after the Christmas program I was all packed and ready to go. I said my good-byes and headed to a much warmer climate. I arrived at my son Steven’s for the...

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  • Estelle Rees-Arroyo
    Estelle Rees-Arroyo

    At an age when many are content to sit back and reflect on a long life, Estelle Rees-Arroyo is studying the lives of others as she works toward a bachelor's degree.


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    Steeped In Memories

    You know how a smell can trigger a memory? For me … Earl Grey tea is one of the most powerful smells around. Not because of the delicate herbs and spices -- but because Earl Grey smells like summer afternoons with my grandmother. Grandma Kathy was...

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    Glenda Guilfoyle

    Glenda Guilfoyle is a real-life dancing queen. She started as a coveted Radio City Music Hall Rockette at the age of 17 and at 74, she's still moving her feet to the music.


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    Eric Ripert

    He's one of the most well-known chefs in the world, and his entire career started in his grandmother's kitchen.


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    Looking for the Dankbaarheid

    This picture was made in a Danish port, about 1927 I think. The little girl is my mother, born...

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  • Bernie - The Ultimate Florida Gators Fan!!!
    A Little Light Reading

    The year is 1961 and we are in Phenix City, AL. My name is Lucille Gladys Blanchette Ross. I am...

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    The Rappin' Granny Still Growing Bolder

    Actress Ellen Albertini Dow is 90 years old, and she is giddy as a schoolchild! And why not? She's enjoying a renaissance in her life! She's had guest spots on "Seinfeld," "Will and Grace," "My Name Is Earl" and "Scrubs," just to name a few. She's on...

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    Valerie Ramsey

    Valerie Ramsey is living proof that it's never too late to live the dreams you never even realized you had. See how the modeling world's freshest new face got her unlikely start at the age of 63.


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    It is true..When your son takes a wife......

    Hi I am not a blogger so here goes. I just need to up date my one and only blog.... I went back...

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    Ellen Albertini Dow

    Actress Ellen Albertini Dow says the spirit doesn't have an age, and the 90-year-old is proving that as she takes Hollywood by storm.


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    A Legend of Stage and Screen

    Julie Andrews has had a legendary career; from movies and television to Broadway musicals, and now, she's an acclaimed author.


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    Get Ready for the Most Famous First-Granny in History

    Forget politics. There will be plenty of time to discuss, debate and second-guess. For now, hats off to the first family-elect for already providing an invaluable positive image role model -- a loved, needed, and independent grandmother.When the Obama...

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  • Bernie - The Ultimate Florida Gators Fan!!!
    Credit Denial and How It Stings

    If you’ve ever been denied credit, like me, you remember the first time it happened and how you...

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    The Hardest to Get Holiday Gift ... Ever?

    Better cross Wii off your Christmas list. Move over Furby and Tickle Me Elmo. The Nintendo Wii has not only become this season's must have gift -- it may be the hardest to get holiday gift of all time and is causing near mass hysteria.


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    The Way We Get By

    "The Way We Get By" is making people all across America think about the way we treat our soldiers, our loved ones, and each other as we age. It's picking up awards and acclaim for its poignant and touching message.


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    Grow Bolder in 2010

    If you're thinking about making a list of New Year's Resolutions, you're going to need some inspiration to stick to your goals. No matter what your goal is, we're going to show you how simple it can be to start Growing Bolder in your own life today.


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    Farewell, Eunice Kennedy Shriver

    There are a handful of celebrities or political figures whose deaths stab me in the heart....

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    Grandma Lee, Finalist on America's Got Talent

    The 75-year-old grandmother defied all odds by outlasting thousands to make it to the final episode. She lost the contest, but won respect.


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    I think I have Stockholm syndrome..

    About 13 years ago I started to identify with my captors...YES! I was captivated by a little blue eyed fella' with white hair and a loopy grin! Immmediately I learned two things about him.....He didn't belong to me....As his grandmother, I belonged to...

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    Place your dress in a bathtub filled

    There is something good to be said about wearing vintage wedding dresses. They are exquisitely made and amazingly designed considering their age, wedding dresses not to mention that you can actually wear your something old and show it off!Still,...

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  • Lou
    Traveling the Continent by Motorcycle

    Each year I go on a motorcycle adventure to somewhere on the North American Continent. I don't travel the main roads, but opt for the back roads and even dirt roads that criss-cross throughout our great country. This year my destination was Eastern...

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  • Life
    You're never too old… or too young.

    Recently, a friend sent me this link about a “Hip-Shakin’-Granny” that won the '65 and over...

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    Free Range Children

    As you may know, The Midlife Gals chose cats instead of kids, which has worked out REALLY well...

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    The letter (fiction, a short story)

    New York, October 31, 2008 Dear Anna It is time. I want to tell you about the...

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  • Kippy Kirchner Jacob 2009
    September Ponderings

    On Cooking. Well...I never learned a lot about it. I got made fun of in high school because I...

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    Romancing the Road

    This is an unusual love story involving an 89-year-old woman and her beloved Chariot. The two have been together for decades and traveled more than 540,000 miles across this nation's highways and side streets.


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    Dorothy Millies

    At the age of 92, Dorothy Millies finally fulfilled her lifelong dream and received her high school diploma.



 

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