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To a large extent, we are a mobile, moving society. Although I don’t have any statistics, I would venture to guess that a large majority of Americans have made one or more major moves in their lives. For these people (and that includes me), where we were born is not where we currently live. The reasons we moved are varied. Some move for better jobs, some for health, some because it is part of...
I started writing LEAP because I wanted to learn what it feels like to do the next years well. People at this age tend to fall into three groups: those who are being forced out of their work and feel like Willy Loman, desperately trying to stay in the game; those who are making changes on their own because they don't want to repeat what they've done for the last 30 years; and those who are...
Tommy Johnson may be the fastest Boogie Woogie man alive but no one knew it until he overcame his fear of the Internet and posted a video on YouTube. Now this 71-year-old keyboard wizard is having the time of his life and has fans all over the world.
As a boy Bruce Gilden loved to stare out the window. He saw things no one else did. Now in his 60s he roams the streets of New York trying to capture them on camera. His flash-in-your-face style startles his subjects but results in compelling photography.
In 1968, just before he was assassinated, Robert F. Kennedy was asked when he thought the first black president would be elected. (Of course, this was before African-American worked its way into the lexicon, and colored people was bowing out as one of the nomenclatures used to describe an integral part of American society.) 2008, the presidential candidate and senator from New York replied. He was...
When she was going through hell in her personal life, Ellen Bukstel started writing songs about pain and loss. She found a receptive audience, and now she's thrilled to be a leader in the musical activism movement.
She shot to fame with her star-turning role in Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H," but she says singing was always her passion. She says it's only with the wisdom of age that she finally is comfortable enough with herself to pursue it.
Want good news about aging? Creativity has no age limits! So pick up a paint brush, start writing or just start using your imagination more and find out why this could be the best time of your life.
GB stopped by the Red Hat Society's 10th Annual Convention and found women from all over the world intensely focused on the business mission -- having a good time.
Bobby Goldsboro was one of the most influential singer-songwriters of our time. Despite a hugely successful music career, he kept trying new things. As he prepares to turn 70, Bobby says he can't remember a better time in his life.