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Downsizing Solutions (Part 3)
Using the Keep, Donate, Throw-out method, we continued with our purge on the second floor and basement. Thank goodness we do not have a walk…
Downsizing Solutions (Part 2)
We started with removing photographs, framed prints and other odds and ends from our walls throughout the entire house. After, spackling the holes and repainting…
Downsizing Solutions (Part 1)
Recently, my husband and I have begun the process of exploring housing alternatives and downsizing. Over the course of our 38 year marriage, we’ve moved…
Tips for Touring Senior Living Communities
As a Marketing Director, I had the opportunity to tour numerous senior living communities. I developed competitive analyses that served as a barometer of where…
Brain Boosting Foods
Wouldn’t it be great if we all could remain as sharp mentally at age 80 as we were at age 60? Research tells us that…
Exercising Your Brain
Having been an exercise enthusiast most of my life, I find it difficult to skip my daily exercise routine. I just don’t feel right if…
Recommended Summer Reading (Part 2)
When my sisters and brothers and I would grow restless in the late afternoons of summer, we’d fight over who got to change the channels…
Recommended Summer Reading (Part 1)
Coming from a family of teachers, I was expected to have an extensive list of summer reading materials as soon as I was able to…
Counteracting Social Aging with Congregate Living (Part 2)
After College Upon graduating from college, I was dismayed to find that many of my good friends were planning to return to their hometowns or…