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I hadn’t walked the beach all summer. That was due in part because of the summer heat and part because of a health issue I was dealing with. While the temperatures are still up there, my health improved to the point whre I knew it was time to return to the beach. It was but a short trip across A1A And down the steps to the beach. With a sigh of relief I headed south, observing the...

Cyber Friends are just everywhere, and you can pick them according to so much more than what they look like. You can judge their writing skills before you invite them into your life. You can see what THEIR friends look like if you want to, what clubs they belong to or what they ate for breakfast which is always a prerequisite for me. I am deeply involved in a sociological study of the...

So, I was wondering yesterday why my eyebrows, by the end of a day, have dust in them? And, then I began to wonder why we even have them. I mean, I understand why we have eyelashes. Aren’t they there to keep the dust out of our eyes? The eyebrows seem too far ‘north’ to really make a difference, don’t they? But, then I figured out the answer because when you see someone withOUT...

ALICE HORNBAKER “Life After 50” column ON AIR wmkvfm.org and WMKVFM. 89.3 FM/Cincinnati 4-23-12 Hello again. This is Alice Hornbaker for wmkv 89.3 FM and wmkvfm.org streaming around the world in the Internet Mondays and Thursdays at 2:20 p.m. and Fridays at 8:50 a.m. and as a blog on growingbolder.com under blogs/life after 50/ajhornbaker and on Twitter, Facebook and...

The last thing I want to do is brand myself as a political blogger or self-appointed expert because I am neither. But I keep hearing a repeated theme, parroted from the likes of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, coming from the conservative people who follow and engage me. I often engage conservatives in conversation, and watch conservative programs for the simple reason that I cannot turn away. It's...

I love being around people who laugh easily - people who don’t mind me laughing often –and...