Bumi Khatulistiwa ( The Land of Equator ) is the most attribute for the city of West Kalimantan province, Pontianak which is crossed by equator. The city was founded in 1771 by Sultan Syarif Abdurrachman Algadrie, an Arabian. Kapuas river flowing across...

Great News!Stone Canyon Art has been accepted by the 22nd Annual Mountain Artists Guild Spring Arts Festival to be held in Prescott, Arizona.May 10 & 11Prescott Courthouse PlazaOur hand-crafted stepping stone art will be available for browsing and for...

Hello, Just a few thoughts on blogs. Recently I started a travel blog. A humorous (hopefully) look at the travel industry and some of my personal experiences boarding over 70 planes in 18 months flying back and forth from Orlando Airport to the...

Hi, I just wanted to share some of my experience traveling around America, hopefully our currency gets better against the euro and me and my family can travel to Europe, Australia, etc. You can visit my website http://flyawaytrip.com/index.htm and...

Hi, EveryoneStone Canyon Art invites you to visit our website at www.stonecanyonart.com.  In addition to information about our hand-crafted stepping stones, we provide our craft show schedule and many photos.  If you have any suggestions about...

This blog is excerpted from Ruth Hamilton's autobiography, "The Hamilton Saga," which she wrote at the age of 90.  In part 1, we shared Ruth's chapter on meeting the son of the famous artist Paul Gauguin during a trip to Denmark in the summer of...

    Over the course of my work with the Elderhostel Institute Network, I have “met,” usually through email, many interesting folks, and I’ve let them all know about my new book.  One of them, Joan Fitting Scott, got...

More and more, active adults over the age of 55 are finding travel and adventure an essential part of retirement in Central Florida. To celebrate their longer and fuller lives, Baby Boomers are just looking to have fun more than anything! And now, with...

Four times each year the people of St. Croix take to the streets of Christiansted for Jump Up, a Caribbean flavored festival showcasing music, art, food and dancing. The town is packed with revelers on the oceanfront boardwalk and throughout the narrow,...

Hello, I'm Greg Horine, Co-Chairman for Publicity for the Lake Sumter Computer Society. If your a senior citizen and want more knowledge about computers, you'll want to join the Lake Sumter Computer Society. The LSCS meets weekly throughout...

One of the many advantages to having an empty nest is the freedom to swap your nest with other adventurous types. We decided that before we sold our house, we would try using it as bait for a cheap month in New York City. Being in the habit of Googling at...

Just wanted to pass along that the oldest member of Growing Bolder, Ruth1898 is not well. At 109, she is the world's oldest blogger. She has been put under the care of hospice and they are very concerned about her chances of recovery. Being a part of...

In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Her trip started out memorably when she came face-to-face with the son of a famous painter, and she even was...

Think about the ways that hearing loss has impacted those around you.  As State Chapter Coordinator for the Hearing Loss Association of Florida, I'd like to give you a personal example: "My hearing loss was detected when I was...

My mother-in-law has Alzheimer’s.  Alzheimer's is a disease that destroys brain cells, causing problems with memory, thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s...

The Italian island of Sardinia (Sardegna) brought out the adventurer in us. Our first stop was Sassari, a city of about 120,000 with a rich history dating back to the early Middle Ages. A college town, home to the University of Sassari with about 18,000...

In our last chat we discussed a variety of issues related to disease disposition.  While the environment plays a big role and one that we will want to dwell on at some length we have to recognize up front our own internal risk.  Where does...

The following is an excerpt from Ruth Hamilton's autobiography, "The Hamilton Saga." She wrote the book at age 90.  In the coming weeks, GrowingBolder.com will publish Ruth's description of her trip to Europe in the summer of 1937. As the people of...

Well, it's that time of the year again.  Every year I take an extended motorcycle ride to somewhere in North America.  This year I decided to ride the pacific coast highway from Vancouver B.C. to Mexico.  This would be a fantastic ride...

I saw a 109-year-old woman brought back to life. It was stunning. Humbling. I’m still trying to process it all. I’ll tell you about it in a moment. But first, a little background. Ruth1898 is not only the oldest member of our growing bolder...

It hurt. It always did. I just got used to it. After all, isn't that easier than doing something about it? Anyway, who has time in their lives for distractions like medical ailments. But it wouldn't go away. In fact, it kept getting worse. I couldn't bend...

After Rudy Guiliani cheated on his wife and they divorced, she wrote a best-selling book titled My Boyfriend’s Back.  I don’t mean to be a copycat, but I’m kind of, sort of, writing the same book. Mine is titled My Boyfriend’s...

In 1937, Ruth Hamilton traveled to Europe to visit family in Denmark and to embark on a fact-finding mission for her radio program in the States. Decades later, she wrote about her life-changing trip in her autobiography, "The Hamilton Saga."...