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...

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...

  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. ...

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...

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...

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,...

    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...

 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...

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)...

I am new at this blogging thing but I like learning new things.  I live in my RV full time. I have a 29 foot Fifth wheel trailer and a one ton Dodge pickup.  But I am not a snow bird type.  To me they are the ones who go from here to there...

Early in 1999 I took yet another, seemingly small step, but one that would lead to even bigger changes.  I put an ad in my local neighborhood paper looking for women to form a walking group.  Struggling with my own weight, I needed walking...

 I am Missing  My friend Ruth Hamilton  I  still will keep her  alive for  her birthday and always, she will not be here on earth this year,  Ruth would have  been 110  this April 12, 2008 , But  we...

The modern era is generally considered to have started in 1500 A.D. with the start of the printing press. From 1500 to 1830, all known knowledge doubled. From 1830 to 1930, all known knowledge doubled again. A few years ago, all known knowledge was...

Whether you went to college 5 years ago or 55 years ago -- sitting through a lecture was usually something to dread. In fact, I must admit (sorry Mom and Dad!) to working out a sign-in system with friends, so we could rotate who had to actually sit...

Growing up in a very small town of about 800 people, your religion was part of your profile.  Mine happened to be Catholic – and still is.  However, a few years ago, I began to ask a lot of questions.  Being a catechist since the age...

Follow your bliss! At age 61, I never thought I’d be living these famous words by Joseph Campbell. But when I realize that I’m doing the work I love from my home in the hills above a beautiful lake in New Hampshire, and that I’m sharing my life...

For the first time in 109 years, 9 months and 5 days, Ruth 1898 is not on this earth. The oldest blogger in the world quietly slipped away. Her mind was crisp and clear to the very end. It’s not often you can say a 109 year old left this earth too...