Just saying hello. I'm here to make some new friends,I'm very happily single. After twenty years of marrage hell, I went on about three dates and decided I was not ready for a new relationship that went past friendship, and after ten years of being single...

Recently my son Steven, his wife Eileen and her brother Lee went on a hiking trip to the Paria Canyon near Lee's Ferry in Arizona. They had such a great trip. It was a 38 mile hike into the canyon with red and orange and brown sandstone cliffs all marbled...

Hi Friends           So Happy to be here ! Had a bad scare over the weekend..was not felling all that great for about 4 days ..went to bed early on Friday night,woke up because I was so cold ..Put more...

This is my first blog. It chronicles the first day of my retirement. The information is copied and pasted from a book that I wrote on baby boomer retirement. If the blogging police deem this a crime, I am guilty as charged. The next day I awoke at the...

   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...

Today I am basking in the nice, cold air!  But that hasn't been the case for the past few weeks.  What's a poor boomer girl to do when she has a hot flash and NO air conditioning?  About two weeks ago, the air conditioner went on...

I get up at 5am, shower, dress and finishing packing the car for the two hour college road trip. We get to the place my daughter says is where orientation is going to be held. Nobody's there. It was the AnimalSciencesBuilding. Then I see a lady...

  Mother's Day Weekend – May 9,10,11 – Matt, Lesli, Solomon, his friend Daniel, Daniel and myself went to Oak Creek

It's hard to tear me away from the television on Sundays … football, you know … but this past weekend, I went to a unique event called BarCamp Orlando. It was billed as a get-together for techies, a chance for people to get together to share ideas,...

It's official, HD-DVD is dead.  I'm so relieved I went with Blu-Ray six months ago.  It was not a decision I took lightly, since my mother still has about a hundred beta tapes at home.  HD-DVD fans will likely get a good deal on existing...

Ann Young died today. And if you listen very close you can tell. Songbirds aren't singing quite as sweet.  She was the best friend wild birds ever had. Thousands owe her their lives. Thousands more won't survive now that she's gone.  She...

This past weekend my wife and I traveled to the Trump International Sonesta Beach Resort to witness the wedding of one of my closest friend’s daughter. Robyn and Chip were to be married in what was the most beautiful wedding we’d ever had the...

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...

Was there ever a more chaotic decade than the 60's? I mean, it's like the '70's never had a chance!!! Imagine being squeezed in between the '60's and the '80's! It's no wonder the '70's wandered around like a lost little puppy looking for a place to call...

Roadie Report 31 - "The Rolling Thunder Revue" Roger McGuinn, Joanie Mitchell, Joan Beaz A few days after we hugged Barry McGuire goodbye, we loaded our van and hit the road. October has always been our favorite time of year to tour. The minute the...

I bought a new motorcycle this week and I just had to take it out for a breakin ride, and what a georgous day to do it.  I headed south from Clermont to Lake Louisa Road, which is one of my favorite roads.  The lake was beautiful as usual and...

You know how a smell can trigger a memory? For me … Earl Grey tea is one of the most powerful smells around. Not because of the delicate herbs and spices -- but because Earl Grey smells like summer afternoons with my grandmother. Grandma Kathy was...

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...

As some of your already know, I am a motorcycle enthusiast. To be on the open road with the wind in my face gives me a feeling of really being alive and in touch with nature. The other day a small group of us over 50 year old riders decided to take...

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...

Someone on another site asked me how I found Terry.  It's harder, it seems, when we're older, and she was unsure of how to start. Terry and I met online.  I know, a lot of people still think online dating is dangerous, desperate, and maybe even...

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...

Whether you went to college 5 years ago or 55 years ago -- sitting through a lecture was usually something to dread. In fact, I must admit (sorry Mom and Dad!) to working out a sign-in system with friends, so we could rotate who had to actually sit...

On this week's Growing Bolder Radio Show, Marc and Bill interviewed the great-great-granddaughter of etiquette queen Emily Post. Anna Post is pretty hip and has a great new book about wedding etiquette. She's about 18 months too late for my own nuptials...

There is no excuse. This will be remembered as one of the greatest gaffes in the history of irresponsible journalism. It makes 1948’s “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline seem quaint. Someone's head should roll. Like many of you, I awoke this...

Early in 1999 I took yet another, seemingly small step, but one that would lead to even bigger changes.  I put an ad in my local neighborhood paper looking for women to form a walking group.  Struggling with my own weight, I needed walking...

I have never met a sea turtle that I didn’t like – I did, however, meet one once who didn’t particularly like me; in fact, I think she thought that I was trying to kill her babies, but I wasn’t. Here’s what happened: sea...

I'm not sure where the thought came from - probably an episode of Oprah. I found myself wondering if the Middleton’s have enough family holiday traditions. Like any good dad, I want my children to cherish the memories of this wonderful time of...

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...

Growing up in a very small town of about 800 people, your religion was part of your profile.  Mine happened to be Catholic – and still is.  However, a few years ago, I began to ask a lot of questions.  Being a catechist since the age...

    What can I say? I am exhausted but in a good way after experiencing the marvelous Diva Retreat. I know Beverly must have been exhausted as well as Carol, her assistant who recently lost her father and aunt. I tried to comfort her as...

After 80 days and 8,000 miles Glenn Fenster can rest. Growing bolder with every mile, the ride was far from easy. There were times he wondered if he would survive. He had to fight just to continue. The same kind of fight his son faces every single...

In July 2005, I wrote the first "Roadie Report" for Roger's web page. I wasn't sure I wanted this personal road diary to come under scrutiny of the world, but several different prompts set me to writing. After a few BLOG entries, I received an email from...