AARP has compiled a list of the 10 perfect places that dance to their own beat-just like you: 1. Portland, OR All the accolades, popularity and an IFC television show dedicated to the city, haven’t altered what makes Portland special: The place is quirky to the core. Fueling this extended reign are, foremost, the type […]
Jerry & Bettie Mitchell are celebrating 60 years of marriage. Despite the odds, the marriage survived. In 1952, Bettie was 17 when they dated and were married within three weeks before Jerry left to serve in the Korean War, stationed in Japan for two years. She tells the story in her recently completed book “Something […]
By Leslee Jaquette In 1841 when Capt. Charles Wilkes charted the South Sound, he must have been tired. Or, perhaps, he had simply run out of names? You see, Wilkes named Gig Harbor, Wash., after the type of longboat, a gig, he used to survey the small bay. These days, perfectly protected and perfectly beautiful […]
By Leslee Jaquette On this warm spring day as I wander the docks at the Port of Seattle’s Fishermen’s Terminal (FT), I fall into a “Walter Mitty” daylight daydream. Transformed by the sights and smells here at the home of the Pacific Northwest fishing fleet, my reverie places me amongst purse seiners rolling up their […]
Some teachers teach without ever having left the classroom. Larry “Jungle” Shortell is not one of those. In his day job, Shortell teaches special education in Enfield, Conn. But he spends his summers traveling. He has explored all 50 states, all seven continents, all the oceans and more than 80 countries. “Without a doubt, to […]
Two years ago this spring, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed into law, bringing real benefits to the tens of millions of Americans who have Medicare. In 2011, as a result of the ACA: almost 3.6 million Medicare beneficiaries saved more than $2.1 billion on prescription drugs in the coverage gap thanks to discounts […]
Ellen Paderson, a veteran Travel Consultant, who helped to popularize the concept of destination weddings beginning some 20 years ago, recently named the 7 top destinations for 2012. The top 2012 wedding destinations for Paderson’s agency, Smiles & Miles Travel (www.smilesandmilestravel.com), are: Mexico, Jamaica, Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), Hawaii, Turks and Caicos, St. Thomas, and […]
The concept of a grandparent as a sexual being is uncomfortable for many. But sexuality is an important component of any adult’s self-image, including those older than fifty. Seniors have frequently been labeled as asexual in American culture, particularly with stereotypes that older men are impotent and older women as frigid. On the contrary, seniors […]
“Do you wish to be involved?” ~ this question, asked by a mysterious woman, sets Richard Hannay on the adventure of a lifetime. Framed for murder, Hannay must travel across England and Scotland to uncover an international conspiracy as he tries to clear his name. Along the way he finds himself manacled to a beautiful […]
According to a study by Boston College, an estimated $41 trillion will transfer from the World War II and Baby Boomer generations to heirs by the year 2052, making it the largest transfer of wealth in America’s history. So how will you keep track of your family’s legacy? Authors Philip Giroux and Sally Lamb provide […]
