Retirement Income Planning Optimizing Income: The Insurance Industry’s Best Kept Secret By David E. Wirsing We’ve all heard about the baby boomer generation and while some might be growing weary of hearing more, the compelling fact is that they amount to almost 80 million people. This significant block of individuals represent almost 30 percent of […]
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Is Acai Berry Good for You or is This Fad Fruit a Fraud?
Is Acai Berry Good for You or is This Fad Fruit a Fraud? By Leah Lancione The acai (pronounced ah-sigh-EE) berry is a small purplish red fruit that comes from the Central and South American acai palm tree. Like its relative, the blueberry, this fruit contains a high level of antioxidants—even more than blueberries, […]
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Choices for Living Green
Choices for Living Green From Gina C. Courbron In this time of economic uncertainty and limited natural resources, it is more relevant than ever to live a green lifestyle. But what does that mean, and how can you apply it to your everyday life? Examples of green living may be as simple as recycling, or […]
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Time “fore” Taking up Golf!
Time “fore” Taking up Golf! By Leah Lancione To some, golf is nothing more than an expensive, time-consuming activity that prompts some players to wear downright silly attire. To others, golf is a dearly-loved hobby that requires all the skills and dexterity of other major sports—balance, hand-eye coordination, form, precision and plenty of mental fortitude […]
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A Fall Feast
A Fall Feast By Emily Baran The summer has come to an end and we are left with the remaining garden crop and the early fall produce. Duck is a fabulous fall dish and an excellent accompaniment to those remaining greens. Loaded with protein, it has a wonderfully delicate flavor which pairs well with many […]
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Rescue Dogs
Rescue Dogs By Henry S. Parker Sallie is a champion West Highland terrier, a specimen of the breed who has produced two litters of pups that are on track to become show dogs themselves. Sallie is a rescue dog. When you think “rescue dog” do you visualize a sad-eyed canine waif in dire need of […]
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Going Digital with Age
Going Digital with Age By Neil Moran Many retirees are opting out of the rocking chair for a more active and productive lifestyle. One area they are getting into is photography. Taking pictures with a compact digital camera is relatively easy. However, if you want to take professional-looking pictures, ones you could possible sell, you’ll […]
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Retirement: A Dream or a Depression?
Retirement: A Dream or a Depression? By Leah Lancione If you are retired or your spouse, sibling or loved one has recently retired, you may be aware that depression often follows this new chapter in life. The onset of depression may have caught you or your loved one off guard if you didn’t prepare properly. […]
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Turn Your Next Cruise into an Affordable Spa Vacation
Turn Your Next Cruise into an Affordable Spa Vacation By Kater Leatherman On Deck 4, an Elvis impersonator welcomes everyone as they step onto the ship. For those who make their way across Deck 9 to the buffet dining room, waiters offer umbrella drinks. After lunch, a table is set up with temporary […]
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Choosing Where to Retire
Choosing Where to Retire Five Possibilities to Consider Move into a retirement community and take advantage of the wonderful recreational opportunities which can include like minded friends, varied excursions, recreation, entertainment, and someone else mows the lawn. Most retirement communities offer as much companionship and fun as you care to take part in. Sell it […]
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Every Breath You Take
Every Breath You Take By Melissa Conroy Roughly 20,000 times a day, you perform the same fundamental function: breathing. However, unless you are meditating, sick with a head cold or swimming, you may pay scant notice to the way your lungs continually pull life-giving oxygen into your body. Breathing is so fundamental to what we […]
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The Many Aspects of Aspirin
The Many Aspects of Aspirin By Robert G. Graw, Jr., M.D. We all have it in our medicine cabinets, but aspirin is not as simple as it looks. Since its arrival on the scene in 1863, aspirin has been used for everything from easing the common headache to preventing heart attacks and strokes. You may […]
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Learning is Lifelong – Take a Continuing Education Course
Learning is Lifelong Take a Continuing Education Course By Leah Lancione After retirement or once empty nest syndrome has lingered a month too long, many an erudite adult considers taking a continuing education course at a local university or community college. In addition to reviving brain cells through learning, taking a class can […]
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An “Almost Perfect” Pet, We’re Chirping
An “Almost Perfect” Pet, We’re Chirping By Kathryn Marchi It is said that having a pet provides companionship, opportunity for exercise and lowers blood pressure. But most of us have been through the “pet” stages when we were younger or had growing families. Now that we are retired and free to go wherever and […]
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ONCE I SAW AN ALBATROSS SOAR
ONCE I SAW AN ALBATROSS SOAR By Evelyn Minch Birders are not really a breed apart, but we do spend a lot of time looking up at the sky and trees. It’s not a particularly dangerous hobby, unless it is done while driving. What is most positive about this hobby is that it […]
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Keeping Your Bank Account Safe from Fraud
Keeping Your Bank Account Safe from Fraud By Wayne Zussman The National Center on Elder Abuse says financial exploitation of seniors is an increasing problem, including cases in which money is stolen directly from a senior’s bank account. The research company Gartner Inc. estimates that two million people in the United States […]
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Make Your Life About Learning
MAKE YOUR LIFE ABOUT LEARNING By Terry D. Portis, Ed.D. In writing an opinion piece about learning, a gentleman in his 50s announced his time for learning was over – he was done with it. In his view, he had finally “arrived,” his accumulated knowledge and wisdom were at their zenith. When I read […]
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Terrific Tulips
Terrific Tulips By Melissa Conroy With the arrival of spring, tulips appear in grocery stores, flower shops and any place decorated for Easter. These vibrant, cup-shaped beauties are a glorious reminder that cold winter days have finally given way to spring showers and warm skies. Although most of us know that Holland is famous for […]
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Antrim 1844 Country Inn
ANTRIM 1844 COUNTRY INN By Maureen Smith If you need an escape at this time of year, let me suggest an amazing look at a page from the past. Only 70 miles from Annapolis in the town of Taneytown (pronounced Tawneytown), which prides itself on its rich history and small town atmosphere, you will […]
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Broadening Your Air Horizons
Broadening Your Air Horizons By Mick Rood Sure, the holidays are over, but rest assured that with commercial airlines continuing to limit service in order to fill seats, crowded flights will continue. In the name of security, the pat-downs will continue and scanning will expand, the latter due to hundreds of new scanners being installed […]