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Every year around this time my sister, Maggie, and her husband, Bud, take a mandatory trip to Houston for follow-up tests. They left this morning from Cape Canaveral and no, they didn't fly a rocket to Mission Control. About four years ago, my brother-in-law underwent a bone marrow/stem cell transplant for AML, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. (He has been in remission since.) He and my sister...

I LEFT MY HEART (AND A BIT OF SKIN) IN NEW YORK CITY! I loved reading about Terry's New York City adventure and it gave me the courage to share my own most memorable New York City adventure with the Growingbolder community. When it comes to this particular story I have no shame so every word is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Only the names have been changed to protect...

On this week's Growing Bolder Radio Show, Marc and Bill interviewed the great-great-granddaughter of etiquette queen Emily Post. Anna Post is pretty hip and has a great new book about wedding etiquette. She's about 18 months too late for my own nuptials (although I am thinking of anonymously sending it to my cousin who wore white to my wedding, but I digress), but it's still packed with lots of...

By: Camilla McGuinn MACWORLD 2010-GEEKS COMMUNICATINGDuring the early hours of January 27th, we watched from our balcony as the Queen Victoria glided through the fog under the Golden Gate Bridge for its maiden port call in San Francisco at Pier 35.After one last meal a Table 18, goodbyes were said to the staff and to our new friends, then we caught a taxi to the Nob Hill condo we had...

From the window of my office, I felt my face light up with anticipation as I studied the UPS delivery man unloading the boxes of CDs. The “CCD,” Roger’s moniker for the 23 songs of the sea CD, is ready to go to mcguinn.com, CDBaby.com and maybe Amazon.com. Roger has autographed the first copies which will be sold at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago on June 3, 2011.Creating the packaging...