Krasnow’s Newest Book is a Marriage Survival Guide By Leah Lancione Annapolis-based author Iris Krasnow tackled the complicated issue of marriage in her New York Times best-seller Surrendering to Marriage: Husbands, Wives and Other Imperfections and does so again in her newest book, The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really […]
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The Dreaded Holiday Letter
The Dreaded Holiday Letter By Penelope Folsom Have you composed your holiday letter yet? Your adoring public is waiting to hear from you. But are you sure? Over the years I’ve received a few doozy’s! The kind where the writer should be embarrassed to have put out such drivel. You know the kind: […]
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Caring for a Loved One?
Caring for a Loved One? Do They Need Short-Term Rehab Care? or Respite Care? By Gladys J. Smith Do you have a loved one soon to be discharged from the hospital who needs temporary in-patient rehabilitative care? Do you think that you’ll have to miss your family vacation because you cannot leave a […]
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Legal Insights
Legal Insights This column presents general information regarding estate and disability planning and probate. It is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship or constitute legal advice to its readers. Individuals with legal concerns should consult with an attorney for advice regarding their specific circumstances. My siblings and I would like to give our mother […]
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Taking the Stress Out of Holidays
Taking the Stress Out of Holidays By Robert G. Graw, Jr., M.D. When Andy Williams sang his holiday classic, “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year,” I doubt he was thinking of jammed parking lots, ornery relatives and tight budgets. What could be the best time of the year is, too often, […]
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A Pearl Harbor Survivor
A Pearl Harbor Survivor By Henry S. Parker Early in the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when the first bombs began to drop, my mother was making cornbread in my parents’ beachfront cottage in Oahu, Hawaii. She didn’t hear the explosions because their house was some distance from the action, but she was annoyed […]
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Seeing Well as You Grow Older
Seeing Well as You Grow Older By Michael J. Dodd, MD Our eyesight is our most precious sense. It is said that more than 80 percent of the information we use and learn comes from our vision. We all want to maintain excellent vision through our lifetimes. Fortunately, our eyes require little maintenance and […]
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‘TIS THE SEASON FOR YOUR FLU SHOT
‘TIS THE SEASON FOR YOUR FLU SHOT By Robert G. Graw, Jr., M.D. This season, as the leaves start to fall and temperatures drop, it’s important for seniors to focus on getting ready for winter. Aside from taking basic health precautions, like washing your hands frequently to fend off coughs and colds, there are […]
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Word to the Wise: What Not to Say to Young People
Word to the Wise: What Not to Say To Young People By Melissa Conroy As the holidays roll around, families and friends cluster together to spread cheer and ring in the new season. This is a wonderful time of year to reconnect with everyone and find out what is happening in people’s lives. No […]
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The Art of Doing Nothing
The Art of Doing Nothing By Kater Leatherman I’ve decided that taking time to do nothing is the new cool thing for three very good reasons. First, technology is driving us to distraction, a mild word to describe its impact on us. Second, most […]
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The Natural Cure for the Common Cold
The Natural Cure for the Common Cold By Melissa Conroy Colder weather is upon us, and that means long nights of burrowing under quilts, evenings spent sipping tea in front of a fire and days indoors with friends and loved ones. Unfortunately it also means that colds, coughs and flu bugs are rampant. Since we […]
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Try Coffee for A Warm Winter Treat
Try Coffee for A Warm Winter Treat By Carla Lucente and Stacey Jackowski Coffee was discovered in Ethiopia by a goat herder who found his goats “dancing” after eating the red berries of a dark-leafed bush – the coffee plant. Different cultures experimented by cooking the fruit and seeds of the coffee plants. As the […]
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REDUCING CHRISTMAS CLUTTER
REDUCING CHRISTMAS CLUTTER By Edree Downing Are you still acquiring holiday treasures? Those charming little knickknacks that once a year need to be unpacked and then packed up again? Maybe it’s time to start distributing some of that collection, which each year becomes more and more of a problem to store. We had […]
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Literally Keeping Your Wits About You
Literally Keeping Your Wits About You By Leah Lancione The topic of brain cells and how to preserve or regenerate them is a hot one. With all the debate over whether the government should fund medical research using human embryonic stem cells, it’s clear that people are concerned with finding treatment for neurological […]
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AACC OFFERS A VIBRANT LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR OLDER ADULTS
AACC OFFERS A VIBRANT LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR OLDER ADULTS By Terry Portis, Ed.D. Self-directed learning communities have formed all over the country in recent years. Members manage their own learning with peers and pursue interests and discussions with people who have a similar goal. This kind of rich learning environment is especially important for middle-aged […]
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Yoga Power!
Yoga Power! By Melissa Conroy If you are looking to start a workout routine or change the one you have, there are a dizzying array of options available. You can try slide aerobics (put on some plastic booties and slide around on an 8-foot slab of plastic), jazzercise, Taibo, kickboxing, water aerobics, pole dancing exercises […]
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Weigh Less, Live More
Weigh Less, Live More By Ellen Kittredge The fifth and final installment in a series of articles on finding the right foods to naturally rev up your metabolism and see lasting weight loss. In the first four articles in this series, we have learned that the most exciting information on the medical weight-loss scene does […]
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Your Holiday Bird: Delight Your Guests
YOUR HOLIDAY BIRD: DELIGHT YOUR GUESTS WITH A TASTE OF THE NONTRADITIONAL! By Louise Whiteside Can you count the number of times you’ve eaten the same holiday dinner? For me, it was oven-roasted turkey with cornbread stuffing and giblet gravy. For you, it was oven-roasted turkey with a traditional stuffing and a traditional […]
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CREATING MORE SPACE IN LIFE
CREATING MORE SPACE IN LIFE By Kater Leatherman In these changing times, it seems as though having enough space is fast becoming a rare commodity. We just don’t seem to have enough of it. When life feels like a juggling act of obligations, to-do lists and pressure to keep up, one […]
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AROUND THE WORLD ON A PUMPKIN
AROUND THE WORLD ON A PUMPKIN By Leslie Younes Pumpkins are believed to have originated in North America, the earliest found in the form of seeds from related plants in Mexico dating back between 7000 and 5500 B.C. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word pepon, which was changed by the French to […]