Elder Bob's Guide To Better Living After 50
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Notre Dame Burns… “Bones destroyed. Expensive to repair. Some parts unavailable to replace.” “Sounds like me,” Elder said, We were listening to the news of the Notre Dame fire while having breakfast. “We’ll do all we can to restore her, keep her alive,” French President Macron says. (OK, I’m paraphrasing, you got me! But that’s …
Do you ever start a project, then wish you hadn’t? Do you quit? Or push on? Here’s an infographic that can help you decide what to do.
Medical professionals have long known about the psychological component of healing. Why then do they let this atrocity of apparel continue to degrade patients and the nations healthcare system?
Want to learn a fun, creative, income-producing skill you can do until you’re 100? A skill that’s needed more than ever these days?
It was 89 degrees and humid as all get-out when her brothers asked me, “Would you like to play some basketball?” The whirling electric fan was just a few feet from my face. It was the only place I felt comfortable since my arrival in the Philippines. They say you get used to the heat, …
The armed Taliban soldier boarded the bus in October of 2012 and angrily shouted, “Tell me who is Malala!”. When 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai bravely raised her hand, hepromptly shot her in the head, nearly killing her. Who would have known that day would be the foundation of success rather than failure? Afterward, Malala knew she …
“I saw the part of you that only when you’re older you will see too.” Opening lyrics from the song, “You’re Somebody Else” by Flora Cash When will the “dirty old man” get his day in court? The awful “N” word is dared not spoken. “Black people” is deemed inappropriate for use in polite society. …
Elder and I clashed again this morning. We switch sides often on this issue of exercise. Today it was cold and raining steadily outside. This usually indicates I’ll be at low energy for the day. I’m rather like a solar panel, when the sun is shining outside I get fully charged; I’m bright and happy. …
I was 7 so there wasn’t much I could do except rebel further by dragging it out and letting the carrots grow even colder. As usual, my defiance only made it worse for me. “You’ll sit at the table until you finish your carrots!” mother admonished. Lest you think, “You selfish brat! Carrots aren’t so …