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Global Warming - or - Global Warning! I say it's time for everyone to step up to the plate and make a difference on our own. We can't afford to wait on politicians to decide our fate. (Especially when it seems the powers that be can't even agree on the definition of "what is" is)! Here's a very cool online magazine that has tons of ideas that we can all use to make a difference NOW....

You go your whole life---your whole long life---knowing that the world operates in a certain way. You’ve definitely figured out a few things. Maybe you still don’t know how your ex-spouse’s mind works or even how to reset the car radio at "Spring Back/Fall Down" or whatever. Still, you know a thing or two about a thing or two. Then as always happens, someone comes along and...

It's taken days for me to decide what my first blog post on growingbolder.com should be about, and I finally decided to start with a general rant about politics because that's the hottest topic on the web today. I'm a Democrat. I imagine a lot of people will jump on that because you'll perceive it as being for stuff that you're against. You're probably right, so jump away, I can handle it. For the...

ALICE HORNBAKER “Life After 50” column ON AIR wmkvfm.org and WMKVFM. 89.3 FM/Cincinnati 5-14-12 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...

Viewing the issue of obesity is like viewing a kaleidoscope—every time you turn the scope, you see a different pattern, a different dimension of the problem. The issue may involve medical, economic, psychological, educational, spiritual or even architectural issues. The results of the following research and trends create today’s mosaic: Is Obesity the New Norm? As the problem of obesity...

ALICE HORNBAKER “Life After 50” column ON AIR wmkvfm.org and WMKVFM. 89.3 FM/Cincinnati 3-5-12 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...