Growing Bolder Community

Just bought some planting supplies and am ready before it's too late to plant. It;s near the end of February and it's time to ready the garden now for the spring and fall Bounty. That goes for the Tri season as well. Sow now, reap later. I just drove through Princeton NJ and saw the brave, young packs of runner's moving through the 30 degree weather. There was a lone young lady riding her road...

I love traveling. And traveling as a single woman sure has some issues. I must say, all of these European men are so forward. I can't go anywhere without hearing wolf whistles. It's crazy! Just last summer I went back to Italy, and had a wonderful trip. One experience stands out in my mind. I was sitting at a local cafe and was sipping an espresso, when this man on a moped drove by whistling...

Another Valentine’s Day rolls around, finding The Midlife Gals giving chocolates to each other. My Valentine Man is still circling around me out there in the ether, totally unaware that he’s honing in on a Texas Tornado, a hearty handfull...a beautiful midlifer who’s learned all the ‘how-not-to’s’ of relationship conundrums. When we’re both ready, we’ll appear to each other to...

Sixty never look so good. They’re a group of energetic men and women from age sixty to over 80 that like to hang together. Literally. They came to Deland, Florida from all over the US and from at least 5 other countries to take a crack at the world freefall formation record for skydivers over the age of sixty. Appropriately, their group is called SOS or Skydivers over Sixty.They’re...

It's usually the sound of a large furry body hitting the patio door in frustration that tips me off to the gopher on the porch. This is the first year we've had him for a visitor. The usual suspects that raid the bird feeders are racoons and a fat squirrel that Bandit, the retriever, loves to chase off the porch. We have a whole routine going now. Starts with me spying the squirrel at the...