Growing Bolder Community

Yes, with every passing day, we are ourselves antiquing. Our patinas are ripening; our chair legs are wobbly; our paint is peeling and we can be found just about anywhere. With a little regular care, some nice oils, nails in the right places and a fresh coat, we baby boomers are now the cat’s meow. Everyone wants to sell us things. But, truth be told, a few would probably like to just...

You couldn’t grow up on a farm in Iowa in the ’50s and ’60s without playing basketball. The game was the center of my universe as well as that of my schoolmates. Acquiring the skills of the sport was so important that my father converted the haymow of our barn into a full-length basketball court. When he began teaching me the game in first grade, I struggled to throw the ball high...

"Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food,” advised Hippocrates. Twenty-five centuries later, we seem to be ignoring his advice at our own peril. Many of us are burdening our bodies with surplus amounts of processed, unhealthy food, which can lead to diabetes, heart disease, cancer and stroke. And those of us who are dieting to lose weight frequently see food as the enemy...

Where do you find value? How do you know that you’re important in this world? What makes you feel special? Do you even feel valuable? These are important…no, essential questions that we must ask ourselves because the answers to these questions will determine how much impact we will make on our world. It’s true…the answers to these questions directly tie into our sense of...

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) Moody, Ph.D., Director, Office of Academic Affairs, AARP…“All you need to know about learning in later life, here between two covers. Nancy Nordstrom has put it...

Not everyone grieves in the same way. After all, we are different people with different physical appearances, different perspectives, different experiences, different thoughts, different emotions, different backgrounds, and different attitudes. So why when it comes to grief do we believe that there is one correct way to handle the loss of a loved one? There are in fact a number of constructive...

In this busy world of ours, we sometimes forget the small things, the polite things we were taught when we were small. One I recall, bust sadly too often forget, is to say thank you. I can recall my Mom or Dad reminding me to say thank you when someone did me a favor. Now that I am older, I no longer have Mom or Dad to remind me, so saying thank you sometimes gets forgotten. That certainly...