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First Day of College — First Day of the Empty Nest 26 Aug 2013 | 12:32 pm
I’m starting to see newspaper articles (yes, I still read those) about colleges and universities welcoming students for the fall semester. My husband, Steve, and I have already launched our two sons a...
Traveling through History 22 Aug 2013 | 09:17 am
My most recent blog post was a light hearted ode to lawn ornaments in Brigantine, N.J. Even though I have been accused of being a very serious Baby Boomer (i.e. boring, but reliable), I try to add at ...
Brigantine, New Jersey — Where Lawn Ornaments Go To Die 14 Aug 2013 | 12:40 pm
We raised our sons in a leafy green suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The houses had lawns, but no lawn ornaments, except for perhaps dueling candidate signs during elections. In the arc of my Bab...
Active, Adventurous and Able 5 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm
What happens if you start to develop mobility problems, but still want to travel the world? Hopefully, you travel the world. These days, a disability or illness need not spell the death knell for indu...
And the Rockets’ Red Glare…. 24 Jul 2013 | 07:56 am
My husband, Steve, and I are “empty nester” Baby Boomers. We’ve been together (as a couple) for 32 years, most of them with our noses to the proverbial grindstone — actually, usually, several grinds...
Seriously Smitten by Sunsets in Brigantine, New Jersey (A Photo Essay Mostly) 15 Jul 2013 | 11:31 am
Although New Jersey is blessed with approximately 130 miles of wide, sandy ocean beaches, New Jersey is on the east coast of the United States, so its ocean beaches are generally not good places from ...
A Baby Boomer Trip Down Memory Lane: A Fish Out of Water in Devizes, Wiltshire, England – 1970 11 Jul 2013 | 02:58 am
The Market Cross in the center (um, centre) of Devizes (photo credit www.devizes.org.uk) I recently read a blog post by a British woman, writing about her dread at having to participate in the Mother...
Enjoy These Travels Down Memory Lane 11 Jul 2013 | 02:48 am
Most of the time, when we think about “travel”, we are out and about — on road trips, flying across countries and continents, sailing the high seas or memorable rivers, riding the rails or even hikin...
#59 Travel Photo Roulette (Revolution) – Results Edition 8 Jul 2013 | 02:03 am
Thank You! to all 27 bloggers who contributed photos to the 59th round of Photo Travel Roulette (June 27th through July 4th) with Revolution as the theme. Thanks for making my task in selecting a win...
Wassup with Google Reader? : – ( 30 Jun 2013 | 10:22 am
If you have never heard of Google Reader, please return to whatever you were doing before you looked at this blog post. Better yet, use the navigation tabs at the top of this page or the “Popular Post...
