What if you knew your expiration date? What would you do differently? Read moreAll of life’s activities have challenging expiration dates
How do you face a challenging situation? Whatever your age, you may be prone to cry before you try some solution.
For many seniors, this will be the first holiday in several years where families will gather after the restrictions of the COVID pandemic. Recently, I returned to Wisconsin for a family weddin…
Are you in the Fifth Quarter of your life? Have you just retired? Are you challenged by the daily routines and overload of activities? Are you comfortable with your life as it unfolds? Whatev…
How well have you dealt with changes, misfortune, shock and disaster? Reading this Senior Life newspaper indicates you are on the road to age 100. Each of us has a measure of resilience based …
Every time you turn on the television news, read a magazine or newspaper, the hairs on the back of your neck rise with fear. I saw a ‘Paradise Paw Prints’ poster with a donkey illustration and…
When was the last time you were awestruck?
Who’s looking out for us as seniors? After a visit to the recent Senior Life Boomer Expo, I was amazed at all the organizations, vendors and activists concerned about us. The challenge we face…
How many steps do you take each day? Are you moving? How’s your mind? What’s your connection with God?
Track events are not the only place we face hurdles. Seniors face them almost every day.
Thriving as a senior involves exploring new areas of interest, traveling and adventure. When the Senior Adventures In Learning (S.A.I.L.) Winter schedule arrived, I was drawn to the topic of S…
“Alexa, play our favorite song again” are the words used as a senior couple dances very slowly to “I Only Have Eyes for You” by the Flamingos (1959). In this current television commercial for …
Remember grandma with the black dress, the clunky black shoes with the big heels and the bun in her hair? You could always tell a “granny.”
What are you thinking about right now? Stores are decorated for the holidays, television commercials are focusing on Christmas gift purchases, family gatherings are being organized and special…
“What did you say?” or “What’s that?” might mean other people are not talking loudly enough or you are having hearing problems? Many years ago, when I phoned my aging parents, my mother said, …
Throughout the ages, people have been challenged by the rituals at the end of summer. Linked to pre-Christian practices, people throughout the world have celebrated in various ways. Christians…
Are you grumpy, ornery, unpleasant and cranky? Did you know that people who are happy, pleasant and graceful live a long life?
Yikes! Hurricanes are headed our way, the COVID Delta Variant is a new medical concern and Burmese pythons have moved north of the Everglades. Everyday, we seem to have a new challenge.
With each passing year, our perspective changes. Our eyesight changes, and spatial relationships are different. Our living conditions change while we focus on the local view. Our mental view i…
Each day should be a new awakening. Spring of the year is a season of awakening. Life is lived one day at a time.
As a young boy with roots in rural Wisconsin, I went to county and state fairs during the late summer seasons. There always were hawkers offering a special potion, elixir or salve to cure all …
In a Ziggy cartoon, he laments: “I wonder if the reason the news is on in every airport … is so when you’re ready to board, you’re afraid of everything but flying!”
What are your needs today? Have you ever thought about current needs and wants?
Have you been hit by the arrows of Cupid? Some of us accept the direct hit and others deflect in defense. Accept love or be alone.
How do we start a new year? Party hats and noisemakers are stored. The great room and kitchen are cleaned. Now it’s time to think, ponder, meditate and reflect. Some people make resolutions; o…
Are we ready to smoke the peace pipe? The American Indians resolved conflicts by sitting around a large fire and sharing a pipe of tobacco. While meeting, solutions evolved and treaties were a…
How well have you dealt with changes, misfortune, shock and disaster? Reading this Senior Life newspaper indicates you are on the road to age 100. Each of us has a measure of resilience based …
Every time you turn on the television news, read a magazine or newspaper, the hairs on the back of your neck rise with fear. I saw a ‘Paradise Paw Prints’ poster with a donkey illustration and…
When was the last time you were awestruck?
Who’s looking out for us as seniors? After a visit to the recent Senior Life Boomer Expo, I was amazed at all the organizations, vendors and activists concerned about us. The challenge we face…
How many steps do you take each day? Are you moving? How’s your mind? What’s your connection with God?
Track events are not the only place we face hurdles. Seniors face them almost every day.
Thriving as a senior involves exploring new areas of interest, traveling and adventure. When the Senior Adventures In Learning (S.A.I.L.) Winter schedule arrived, I was drawn to the topic of S…
“Alexa, play our favorite song again” are the words used as a senior couple dances very slowly to “I Only Have Eyes for You” by the Flamingos (1959). In this current television commercial for …
Remember grandma with the black dress, the clunky black shoes with the big heels and the bun in her hair? You could always tell a “granny.”
What are you thinking about right now? Stores are decorated for the holidays, television commercials are focusing on Christmas gift purchases, family gatherings are being organized and special…
“What did you say?” or “What’s that?” might mean other people are not talking loudly enough or you are having hearing problems? Many years ago, when I phoned my aging parents, my mother said, …
Throughout the ages, people have been challenged by the rituals at the end of summer. Linked to pre-Christian practices, people throughout the world have celebrated in various ways. Christians…
Are you grumpy, ornery, unpleasant and cranky? Did you know that people who are happy, pleasant and graceful live a long life?
Yikes! Hurricanes are headed our way, the COVID Delta Variant is a new medical concern and Burmese pythons have moved north of the Everglades. Everyday, we seem to have a new challenge.
With each passing year, our perspective changes. Our eyesight changes, and spatial relationships are different. Our living conditions change while we focus on the local view. Our mental view i…
Each day should be a new awakening. Spring of the year is a season of awakening. Life is lived one day at a time.
As a young boy with roots in rural Wisconsin, I went to county and state fairs during the late summer seasons. There always were hawkers offering a special potion, elixir or salve to cure all …
In a Ziggy cartoon, he laments: “I wonder if the reason the news is on in every airport … is so when you’re ready to board, you’re afraid of everything but flying!”
What are your needs today? Have you ever thought about current needs and wants?
Have you been hit by the arrows of Cupid? Some of us accept the direct hit and others deflect in defense. Accept love or be alone.
How do we start a new year? Party hats and noisemakers are stored. The great room and kitchen are cleaned. Now it’s time to think, ponder, meditate and reflect. Some people make resolutions; o…
Are we ready to smoke the peace pipe? The American Indians resolved conflicts by sitting around a large fire and sharing a pipe of tobacco. While meeting, solutions evolved and treaties were a…
