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Lifelong Learning Minute: Home Makeover HelpThese days it's not easy to sell, so why not make the most out of the home you have? Take a minute -- that's all you need -- and see who the real movers and shakers are when it comes to the home improvement industry.
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Invention ReinventionWith small stitches and big dreams, Scot Weiss is creating his own destiny -- and it's all based on an invention. Ever heard of the Parachute Skimmer? You will.
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Midwest Book ReviewImagine my delight when I found out that the “Midwest Book Review,” a well-respected publication for librarians, published a review of “Learning Later, Living Greater.” Here’s what they have to say about my book. “Lifelong...
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Ruth EdwardsRuth Edwards says lifelong learning programs are teaching plenty of "old dogs" new tricks and many of the students are learning more than they ever have.
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Computer School for Seniors
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...
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Tri, Tri AgainHer battle with breast cancer enlightened all women; her determination to help others was only equaled by her dedication to becoming a world-class athlete.
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Oops! Bear CubThis adorable bear cub seems to be learning about balance, or gravity... Oops! by ©CAndersonTX
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Nancy NordstromAfter her husband’s death, Nancy Merz Nordstrom took charge of her life and is making the most of her after 50 years.
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Learning Later, Living Greater
LEARNING LATER, LIVING GREATER: The Secret for Making the Most of Your After-50 Years. Lifelong Learning in Your Later Years… a Health Club for Your Body, Mind and Spirit! Welcome! My name is Nancy Merz Nordstrom and this blog is all about...
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A Wonderful Article
A wonderful article about my book appeared in the Lowell Sun, Lowell, Massachusetts. Entitled “Live and learn Pelham writer touts the benefits of new experiences for a vital retirement,” by Nancye Tuttle, the article, along with my picture took up...
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Speaking Engagements & Online Exposure
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS November 19 – Heritage Heights Community, Concord, NH – 2 p.m....
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Worm WarriorsA trip to Australia changed Bernie and Carl Moro's lives forever. When they returned, they came out of retirement and started a new business -- with worms. Worms eat and they excrete, and Bernie and Carl say they can make the world a better place.
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New Hampshire
In 2001 my husband and I purchased a get-away house in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and began spending all our free time there. Then, in 2003 my husband took early retirement, while I continued to work for Elderhostel in Boston. By early 2004,...
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Writing the Book…
Over the summer of 2005 Jon and I worked on the manuscript, with me in New Hampshire and him in Massachusetts. I would pull all the content together and then do the rough drafts. He polished them up. Thank goodness for email. We did have to meet...
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Bruce MozertFamed photographer Bruce Mozert is now in his 90s and still working every day. In fact, he takes aerial photos and flies the plane himself. Meet the man who took Hollywood underwater and shot everything from Tarzan to Sea Hunt.
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Get in the Driver's SeatWhether you prefer the cars of yesterday or the cutting-edge vehicles of tomorrow, life is all about getting in and putting the pedal to the metal. Take :60 and see how you can start Growing Bolder.
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Kicking With ConfidenceNot everyone is willing to age gracefully! We found a group of grandmothers doing something a little bit different -- they're learning to fight to keep their vitality.
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WMFE and Growing Bolder Media Group Launch Lifelong Learning SegmentsWMFE and Growing Bolder Media Group are highlighting the personal and social benefits of lifelong learning and social engagement -- including improved quality of life and reduced health care costs -- with the launch Lifelong Learning Minutes.
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What's On Your Life List?This is what happens when I have time to daydream, a video camera, and some spare thoughts floating around in my head - a video blog! You might have heard it called a vlog.Well, I was working on a normal Sunday routine -- explained in the video -- when I...
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Spreading the Word
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...
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The Book...
Shortly after I moved to New Hampshire, my son Jon, who is a free-lance writer with six published books to his credit and more on the way, began talking about my writing a book. He felt that lifelong learning for older adults was an important topic,...
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Songs From the HeartGinger! is a performer who knows that the size of the crowd isn't nearly as important as the size of the singer's heart. And hers expands every time she shares her gift.
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Connecticut Conference
Just before Thanksgiving I teamed up with Cindy Shea, the director of the lifelong learning...
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Blogging
In an effort to get the word out about the value of learning later for older adults, I am now blogging on five different sites. My very first blogging site is www.blogger.com. This is the site that is connected to my web site,...
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A New Web Site…
To go along with the marketing of “Learning Later, Living Greater,” we wanted to create a web site that would be the “go-to” site for information on lifelong learning for older adults. Now, I don’t know the first thing about creating...
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7 Important Steps to Learning Anything NewJust finished watching Dancing With the Stars. This is my first season watching it. One of my...
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Violin Envy!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...
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Don't Make Age an ExcuseHow many times have you heard a woman say she put her own dreams on hold so she could take care of her family? Too often we put off working toward our dreams because “family comes first” or we feel that it would take too long, or that we...
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Skydivers Over SixtyGrowing Bolder is something anyone can do. This is how skydivers do it. It's one of the most inspiring, empowering and unforgettable world records ever.
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Barefoot Water Skiier93-year-old Banana George Blair, weak from a long battle with pneumonia and in constant pain from six back surgeries, wants to get his bare feet back on the water.
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Building DreamsThe mission was gratifying yet overwhelming. But isn't taking on projects that are way too big the key to great accomplishment? JT Thompson had such a bright vision for the Stetson Mansion that he never had time to consider failure.
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Free Throw KingAndy McGuffin is the best there is. Mr. Automatic. The Free Throw King once made 400 basketball shots in a row. Find out what keeps him going, and going and going...
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Grandma's Got Game!Grandma and grandpa got (video) game! Wii and Playstation may be the hottest toys for kids, but they're sharing joysticks with people who are twice their age and keeping active...virtually.
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@BoomerAuthority
Nancy Merz Nordstrom, consultant, speaker, and author of “Learning Later Living Greater: The Secret for Making the Most of Your After-50 Years,” (http://www.learninglater.com), along with dozens of other professionals and the Baby Boomer [Knowledge...
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Rockwell's MusesNorman Rockwell was our nation's most beloved artist. He had always used professional models until he moved next door to the Edgerton family. Their faces are immortalized in some of the artist's most beloved works.
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A Gathering of Local Authors
On Saturday, October 28, 2006 I woke up to a wind-driven rain storm. What a day for a book signing with four other local authors in a nearby bookstore! But - it was the kind of day “bookaholics” liked to spend browsing, so my hope was that the...
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Caviar DreamsThe experts said it couldn't be done. But recently, Florida's Gene Evans had a major breakthrough that could spawn a whole new industry and an unprecedented opportunity for large scale production of the holy grail of aqua farming: caviar.
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Arnold PalmerArnold Palmer burst onto the scene at the same moment that televised golf was finding its way into American living rooms. Arnold doesn't play much competitive golf anymore, but as we found out, he still has plenty of game.
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Otronicon: Interactive Technology for EveryoneWhen this event began, organizers thought it was a surefire way to attract the hipsters. It did! But nobody expected so many Boomers to crash the party! Just what is it that the industry has to offer? More than you think!
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Eclectic CollectorAudrey Lentz has always had an eye for things that please her. From Howdy Doody to the present day, from pinball to pez, she has an amazing collection. But what sets her apart is, her home... her ENTIRE home is her display case!
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Connecting Up with Other Authors
Over the course of my work with the Elderhostel Institute Network, I have “met,” usually through email, many interesting folks, and I’ve let them all know about my new book. One of them, Joan Fitting Scott, got back to me, offered congratulations,...
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Age of Opportunity on TwitterJoin the conversation! We are living in an age of opportunity. A time in which people all over the world are learning that it really isn't about age; it's about attitude. They're learning that it's never too late to late to change your life, never too...
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TV Appearances
Thanks to the article about my book that ran in the “Lowell Sun,” Lowell, Massachusetts in...
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What People Are Saying About the Book…
To say thank you to everyone who helped or contributed to “Learning Later, Living Greater,” I mailed about 85 copies of the book out. Here are some of the comments. It certainly is nice to read them. Harry R. (Rick) Moody, Ph.D., Director,...
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6 Months, 10 goals.So, when I decided to move to India, I thought, "6 Months?! Six months to have free time to do all sorts of stuff for just me?!" I had a plan all mapped out. I was going to learn to cook, since my previous level of skill was burning spaghetti-o's. Plus...
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Learning to TrustTrusting God is something I thought I understood, until.... depression smacked me down on my face. I then realized I never really understood what it means to trust God or anyone for that matter. I was surrounded by many friends, church activities , and...
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Vera CoulsonHappiness is possible. Learn how to radiate power and joy by healing your mind, body and spirit.
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Lifelong Learning Minute: Artist Harold GardeAt age 85, Harold says he's keenly aware that time is more precious than ever. But he refuses to spend less of it experimenting and taking chances. Luckily for us, he continues to discover new ways to create eye-popping works of art.