Do you need to vent?  Do you need to change some things that are not working for you? Are you feeling too much stress that may be turning into anxiety that is causing you to just not feel right? Would it help to talk with someone that...

I work at an animal shelter. Everyday I see things that upset me to no end. Animals that come in covered in fleas and ticks. Dogs that are so severely matted that you can't tell where the fur ends and the dog begins. Animals so skinny that you can't...

Every so often I'm gripped by the urge to rent a "classic" movie to see what the fuss was all about.  In the past couple of years, this has led me to "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (splendid), "Rebel without a Cause" (a tad overdone) and "Cat on a...

Every time someone has a 100th birthday or a 105th or a 110th, we all ask, “What’s the secret to your longevity?” A drink of whiskey every day. A cheerful heart. A loving spouse. Lots of vegetables.  We’ve heard them all --...

No other industry chews people up and spits them out quite like the music business. Nobody who enters ever comes out the same. Yet, this Thanksgiving season, many say they are grateful to have made it out the other side. Just ask any of your favorite...

Since I had to retire the biggest fear I have is becoming one of those old farts that just sit at home, or around the local coffee shop and gab about what they used to do.Please don't get me wrong if your health or money keep you in that boat, then row...

I found out recently that "recycling service" is built into my garbage pickup contract.  It's only been  three years since the divorce, when I got the house and the yard and all the ways of doing things that my ex had been doing them for...

Today I have help coming to organize my office! I've reorganized it about six times and I can no longer do this on my own. Having a home office means the overall house needs to be presentable. My office is in the back of the house. I have the type of...

   The evening of September 14th, the night of my first speaking engagement, turned out to be rainy and rather miserable.  But, that didn’t deter about 40 hearty New Hampshire folks who turned out to hear me talk about the Why...

Hi friends, I am a new member of this group. I also believe in fitness and try to be fit always. I practice 'Yoga' every morning. Previously I felt stress easlily and couldn't able to faced with heavy work load. But now, Those things totally removed from...

Tropical Strom Fay: The 3 Stupidest Things I Saw OK...I have been in hurricanes before and tropical storms and I have seen some pretty amazing and dumb things. However, as tropical storm Fay pesristed for days and flooded out most of the state of...

To all my new Red Hatter friends who've stopped by to say hello or signed up as my friend! RED HATTERS ROCK! The ABCs of Red Hat Society Friendship A Friend Accepts you as you are. Believes in "you". Calls...

This week, many baby boomer parents, like me, have been going through the experience of sending their children off to college for the first time.  We are becoming something called “empty nesters.”  I would like to say...

The “Free” Way of Your Life: By Tatjana and Cliff Eggink. As we get older, it is strange that snippets of songs and poems return to our minds with new meaning: Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and Frank...

We had just finished our high school senior class trip.  After a week in Virginia Beach, VA we had returned to our little town and were saying goodbye, knowing that some of us would probably never see each other again in our lifetimes.  It...

What better way to get a little closer to your teenage daughter than to trek across Europe her style!  My daughter and I always wanted to see Europe, so for her high school graduation I thought it's now or never and booked a mini Eurotrip for just...

Ten Tips to Help You Live to be Drama Free at Midlife   10.  Write a list of goals you'd like to achieve. Focus on what you know you can do well.  Don’t try to be a...

Give Her Something to Smile About   Come up with creative ways to do something different for your baby boomer diva everyday.  Let her know you’re thinking about her throughout the day with an email or a phone call (leave a message if...

I remember when the biggest things I wanted for Christmas were a Walkman, money for clothes, jewelry and some VHS tapes.The list was easier to make when I was a kid, because my biggest wants and desires were things, easily purchased at stores and wrapped...

Well, here I am doing something I never dreamed I'd do. I'm joining a social network site on the internet. I'm still having a hard time understanding just what the internet is. In my day, if you couldn't feel it, touch it, or build it, it didn't exist!...

I dont' profess to be an expert in the field of religion or spirituality.  I have been a catechist for years, and have always been actively involved in my church.  That said, I still have a lot to learn.  My work over the years with...

Do you own a MacBook Pro?NVIDIA says "significant quantities" of laptop GPUs are defective.While NVIDIA has not yet announced the product lines that are affected, they have provided details to their vendors.And their vendors talk to people, and people...

This is the time of year when many of us take a few moments to slow down and give thanks for what we have. It's something that personally, I wish I did more often. I don't think it should take a date on a calendar to force me to take stock of my life,...

When you live in an active retirement community like Lake Ashton, located near Lake Wales, Florida, there really is no better place to be than home for the holidays.  Residents, their families and friends come together throughout the month of...

One of the things I've come to realize, is that no matter how old we live to be, we still all have some sort of insecurity.  I don't think I remember a time in my life when there wasn't something I struggled with....as a kid, it was likeability,...

As some of you may know, I am expecting my first child. Like any first-time mom-to-be, I'm filled with excitement, nervousness, sheer joy and of course, questions. Everyone in the world has an opinion about what I "absolutely should" and "absolutely...

 Tis the season once again to be in the giving mood. Thats exactly what I did a few years back but unknowingly I realy gave! One morning I decided to clean out our closets and dressers of clothing that we no longer wore, Most were new some...

                    J. “Seamus” Boylson, CEO, PureWater Assoc's/H2O-4/Africa Water B-logged; "Everything you ever wanted to know( about...

Hello, I'm Penny My husband and I have a wounderful ministry reaching out to others, But my heart goes out to the lonesome and forgotton ones and look to help the lonely. There is so much to say about our ministry, But right now I would like...

I am sick and tired of ignorance!!! Why is it so difficult for people to stop being ignorant and start being educated?  And I'n not talking about what we learn in school, but about what idiotic things our parents, grandparents, great...

Corruption, greed, deceit, immorality, and idiocy… Plagues that spread throughout our society like a cancer. Those are some, but not all of what needs to be removed from society in order for all of us to live a decent and happy life. We sit...

Hello and good to 'see' you.  I wanted to introduce myself, give you a chance to see who I am and figure out if you really care what I have to say.  It's my first blog online but I do keep a journal (started book 2) of things that happen to me...