No more muffin top for me.; High waist pants are back in style, and this 49 year old couldn't be happier. Those low cut pants are made for kids. Being in decent shape isn't good enough for the hip huggers... you need to have an absolute hardbody. It's...

I can juggle. I actually had Cat Scratch Fever as a child. My parents thought I had cancer. Still remember the needle they used to drain the lymph node under my arm. I was captain of my high school football team and got to kiss the homecoming...

When we last visited my life, I was growing up on Catalina Island, where I graduated from High School in 1942 from Avalon High School. There where 13 of us in my class. I was 18 years old at that time and with the U.S. in war with Germany, I was...

My "caboose baby" is graduating from high school tonight. I'm nowhere near ready. I still need to iron his graduation gown, prepare dinner, take a shower, do my hair. But even if all that were done by magic wand...I still wouldn't be ready. I don't...

Today I became the parent of a high school graduate. Of course I knew this day would always come but now that it's actually here, it's almost surreal. Just like most parents, I always want the best for my daughter. I want her to be respectful of...

Every year there is a get together in Cocoa, FL called Mosquito Beaters to preserve the history of Central Brevard county and renew friendships. In recent years classmates from Cocoa High School have been getting together there for mini reunions. This...

Sometimes it takes a funeral to find out the scope and reach and impact of what a person did when they were living! My Aunt Mary died last month, at the age of 82. She was a history teacher, and after she had retired from teaching history she threw...

I was surprised whenI went to my reunion that I had forgotten so many people. I had not thought...

I was asked to write about my early years involving Baseball on Catalina Island and after. All I can say is, it was a great life for any one that grew up there. Once a year, during spring training, the Chicago Cubs would come to the Island for spring...

I just got my new stove delivered today. It will probably take me a month to figure it out. Kinda like my radio in my car. I need to get the book out every time I need to set something on it. I got one of the new Electrolux ranges with the glass top....

I haven't been blogging, debating or communicating much lately because I can't focus. This is based on two things I can't control, high blood sugar, which interferes with my concentration, and stress (which interferes with my blood sugar). But I realized...

I became a convert last night. After a lifetime of thinking myself a piano player (note I didn't say the high falutin' "pianist") courtesy of a few years of lessons in grade school and high school, and a maternal lifetime of hearing four kids practice...

As young people prepare for high school graduations around the country (my own daughter included) I thought it would be cool (do they say that word anymore?) to come up with a Top Ten List of Baby Boomer Graduation Songs. These are the songs my...

It's fall TV season and for me that means a loaded DVR! This season, I'm watching: Top...

Anxiety-Proof your Decisions By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life Coach Life changes fast and successful people have to learn to make rapid decisions. There are two extremes of how people make decisions, both are...

WMKV 89.3 FM ON AIR AND WMKVFM.ORG ON THE INTERNET “LIFE AFTER 50” COL FOR MARCH 8, 2010 ON AIR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HELLO AGAIN. THIS...

With all the new ways of communicating you knew that it would eventually leak to the medical field. In sleep it has changed to allow us to perform studies and follow up with patients in a whole new way. Home sleep studies has come up with a whole...

Write to Publish http://write2publish.blogspot.com/ Blog by Robin Sullivan, Fairfax, VA Highly recommended. Artists notoriously ignore business and marketing arenas. As Ms. Sullivan says, “I've learned a lot about promotion and business:...

The "NCIS" spinoff explores the high stakes world of undercover surveillance at the Office of...

Hi everyone, I came across this article and wanted to share it. I thought it might be interesting to those who live in Philadelphia or have family members in the area suffering from arthritis. The article can be found on NJ.com HERE. By Carly...

At the urging of my eldest daughter, I will try to write something that makes sense. Born in Long Beach, Calif., my parents, Al & Emma Pallas, moved to Catalina Island, Ca. in 1930. I was five at the time. It was at the tail end of the depression and...

Hurstwood's residence could scarcely be said to be infused with this home spirit. It lacked...

HEY MOM, CAN I BORROW YOUR CAR AND TWENTY BUCKS?I NEED TO GO GET A PREGNANCY TEST. Whoa Baby. When I was a senior in high school, a girl in my class got pregnant. Not only was it a shock to the seniors but also our school because her mother was also...

Hi everyone: I'm a newby here on growing bolder, and Bill suggested I blog my story about my recent marriage...so here goes. About 4 years ago, I was going through a tough divorce (oxymoran, all divorces are tough) and had recently signed up for...

The birds are singing, and flowers are starting to bloom—it’s time for spring cleaning.Each year, as part of my spring cleaning, I go through my closet and toss clothes that don’t fit, are outdated or have lost their usefulness and simply clutter up...

By Patrick Osio, You're planning a vacation trip; you want to stay relatively close to home, no overseas travel, not this year. Maybe Mexico or in the U.S. – but it has to be affordable and with plenty to do. So you’re reading about some cities. You...

I want to share with you a little something that may be of interest to anyone who is into weather, such as storm chasing and the like. On my most recent trip back home to Illinois (my home state), I stopped in Belvidere, which is about 65 miles northwest...

This summer I was clearing out the house where I grew up in order to put it on the market. After 56 years of continuous inhabitation by the Smith family you can guess that it was filled with memorabilia of my past. I found two small stools that I had made...