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    Ora Rakestraw

    For nearly 30 years, Ora Rakestraw has been bringing books alive for schoolchildren.


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    To many Books to Read

    I am to understand that readers are not writers???Does any one want to talk about books?Well I will mention the two I am reading right now and see if anyone responds.I am into book five, 'The Half Prince', of the Harry Potter series. These are such fun to...

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    How can we change the education system?

    After working in education for a number of years, it never ceases to amaze me how ridiculous some of the 'rules' of schools are. Today was a prime example.My son was planning a science experiment involving the intention effect on plant growth. He was...

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    Meet the Newest Baby Boomer Computer Geek!

    Oh my God!  I never thought it would happen to me.  I’ve turned into a computer geek!  Lord knows, I don’t know how it happened because it wasn’t that long ago that I didn’t even want to turn the thing on.  I...

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    Summer Daze...

     It is a lovely, sunny and warm Florida summer day. My youngest is complaining loudly that he is bored.  The constant whining of “Mom, there’s NOTHING to do!” echoes throughout the house.  I try to ignore his cries and...

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    Updating Our Education System: 'The Science Project' Update

    'The Science Project' Update Recently I posted about how my son wanted to do a project about quantum physics and intention at school. He was quickly reminded that school follows a curriculum and has a pattern of its own. There is not a lot of...

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  • Jimmy Carter
    Jimmy Carter

    Born: Oct. 1, 1924
    Best known as the boy from a rural farming town in Georgia who went on to become the 39th President of the United States.


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    Lance Ulanoff

    Could you imagine reading for the next 501 years? Could you imagine living without your high-tech gadgets? Well, if you answered 'No' to both questions, you may have a problem. But PC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff may have an answer.


  • Pat Williams
    How to Become A Lifelong Learner

    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...

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    The gesture

    http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f191/ina111/th_2169779297_edb0656f2f.jpg   After missing the 3.00  pm ferry from Harlingen to Terschelling by only a few minutes, I ensconced myself in a chair in the restaurant overlooking the quay. It...

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    The Book...

    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,...

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  • Pilar Gerasimo
    Pilar Gerasimo

    Five years ago Pilar Gerasimo took a lifestyle and turned it into Experience Life magazine. Now she has 600,000 people reading her ideals.


  • Elizabeth Gregory
    Elizabeth Gregory

    Tick, tock. Tick, tock. According to author Elizabeth Gregory, women can stop looking at their watch because the trend of later motherhood has changed the time on the biological clock.


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    What People Are Saying About the Book…

    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)...

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  • Pat Paciello, Have You Seen My Reading Glasses?
    Pat Paciello

    After retiring at the ripe old age of 50, Pat Paciello realized he had a lot of living left. So, in between his four rounds of golf a week, he wrote a humorous book about the joys of aging and retirement.


  • Marge Clauser
    The Desire to Write

        I have had good storytellers, great conversationalists and naturally funny people tell me that they could never be a writer.  “And, why is that?” I ask.   “I'm not good enough,” is the usual...

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    5 Questions With: Dr. Mary Hilaire Tavenner

    She's a former nun, a writer, a businesswoman and much more -- and now, she's sharing her story with Growing Bolder! See why Dr. Mary Hilaire Tavenner spends so much time on a labor of love, and what lessons you can learn from her.


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    The Eyes Have It

    Are you squinting a bit more than you used to? Find out how you can get a free eye exam and treatment this month. It just might save your vision!


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    5 Questions With: Richard Doster

    Author Richard Doster has found a way to combine his love for baseball with family, friends, and fun. And he's found a new career along the way! See what he tells Growing Bolder about a dream that's coming true every day.


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    "Out of Whack! The Importance of Balance in the Life of Adolescents"

    Have you ever lost your balance? You know, you are walking along, singing the few words you actually know from the song you just heard on the radio when, suddenly, a clever square of sidewalk instantly raises its corner, catches your shoe, and hurtles you...

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  • Katy Cropped
    Eat This, Not That! A Book Review

    I am that girl.  I am the one watching you in the restaurant, ordering a double cheeseburger with fries and a coke.  You see me at the football game, staring at the child who is shoving down a chili dog, chasing it with nachos and tugging on...

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    Why don't people change?

      Why don’t people change? Understanding the connection between feeling ‘normal’ and being ‘healthy’   By Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor, Certified Life Coach and founder of the LifeWorks...

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  • Just Another Day in Paradise
    Mikie Likes It 3

    Psalm 55:22 "Friends are God's way of taking care of us." This was written by a of Metro Denver Hospice Physician: I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd., and the car started to choke and splutter...

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  • Debbie Stevens
    Go ahead...make my bed!

    Go ahead, make my bed   I can tolerate most household chores, with the exception of one or two tasks, but am I really alone?? When my children were mere tiny-tots, the daily routine never bothered me nor interfered with my lifestyle. I...

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  • Boomer
    What is the best gift you've ever received and what made it so special?

    Each week, Growing Bolder asks top leaders, thinkers, writers, life coaches, entertainers and role models to weigh in on issues affecting our lives.


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    What Is Your Dream?

    Growing Bolder asks leaders, thinkers, writers, life coaches, entertainers and role models to weigh in on issues affecting our lives.


  • Experience Corps
    Michelle Hynes

    What if your life experiences could better the life of a child? In 20 cities across the country, more than 2,000 mentors are doing exactly that.



 

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