Winter has wound down, so it is time to give some thought to the incoming warmer weather. Use the early rays of sunshine to inspire you to plan for a summer vacation. Or look further ahead and plan for a vacation to take you away next winter.  It’s never too late to start planning. That’s half the fun!

Starting your vacation planning now can help you make your next vacation one of the best ones of your life. Not only will you have plenty of time to come up with activities you want to do—but you can save money too!
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Imagine this: it’s a hot day, you’ve been working in the garden outside, and you’re feeling thirsty. A tall glass of cool, ice water sits on the table in front of you. You put the glass to your lips and take several long, big sips. It’s a refreshing moment with a skill that many of us often take for granted: swallowing.

Among the subtle shifts that occur with aging, changes in eating and swallowing often take a back seat in discussions about other top concerns such as mobility, vision, and hearing, or cognitive abilities. Yet changes in eating and swallowing can …

Whether you call yourselves Grandma and Grandpa, Nana and Pop-Pop, Bubbie and Zeide or something even more creative and endearing, you are officially a member of the “Best Club Ever”, The Grandparents Club!  Why is it the best club?  Because of the critical role grandparents play in the lives of their grandchildren.  It’s not just about showing up on the holidays with presents, although that’s always welcomed. Rather, it’s about the invaluable connection you offer your grandchildren, and the treasures available within that relationship.

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“You can call me anything, just don’t call me late to dinner…or elderly or geezer or old age pensioner!” Aging and the names we call ourselves or allow people to call us throughout our lives matter.

It seems there are two stages in our lives when it truly matters what people call us: when we are teenagers and when we  have “advanced beyond the middle of our lives.” These are the two significant transition periods in our lives.

In the first period, we are approaching the apogee of human existence, adulthood! Remember when you were a whole eight and a HALF?…

My fascination with grey hair started with watching my mother groom her hair. While her friends were coloring their hair, my mother was enhancing her grey with the help of Clairol’s Shimmer Lights shampoo. Every wash was like polishing the household silverware. Then came my turn—many years later but still a bit soon. Lucky for me, at that time women under 40 were choosing to go grey, so I thought I’d slip in the pack as a grey-by-choice. But a close look at the mirror delivered the big reveal one day: my greys were seemingly emboldened by my goal to cling to “youth�…