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Discoveries Helping Me Move Through Grief

Robert died three months ago. Although this post has nothing directly to do with sex, so many of you have sent me compassionate emails that I'd like to share what I wrote to my online grief support...

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Bill and Ruth Stein: Booksellers

Ruth Stein inspired this project. She’s my mother-in-law (more or less). She and Bill, her husband of 62 years, are sales reps for a bunch of book publishers. They work four days a week, driving from...

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This Holiday You Can Be Frugal AND Still Be Generous and Wonderful!

With the economy in a tailspin, financial worries all around us and the holidays approaching, how can we continue to give in the same way as we have in the past? With creative approaches, gift giving...

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Hope is a Positive Force

Hope is the positive force that propels us forward.With hope, there is an expectation of something we want to happen. We use it everyday; waiting impatiently for a bus to come and hoping it appears in...

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ARE YOU A PENGUIN OR A PEACOCK?

Or an eagle?  Or maybe a swan?  Or what about a mockingbird?BJ Gallagher Hateley and Warren Schmidt have written the fabulous book “A Peacock in the Land of Penguins; a Fable about Creativity and...

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The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach is the most entertaining -- and, in a madcap way, the most informative -- book I’ve read in years. Filled with the weirdness of both the...

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Ruby and Liberty Equal Serene Sailings

Between the accommodations, meals, entertainment and activities, a 2-night stay at a resort is expensive. Often costing less than a resort, a 2- to 3-night cruise getaway can offer more value....

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Irving Fields: Pianist

Irving Fields got his first break at 16, singing on “Amateur Hour,” the national radio show.  He won first prize: $50 — a lot of money in 1932. “When I got back to our apartment in Brooklyn, my whole...

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Nothing Beats a Voyage of "Independence"

People who live on or near America’s west coast can take advantage of an unmatchable vacation treat. Cruise ships vie with each other to create an ultimate passenger experience, but Royal Caribbean...

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Love Junkie: Hot Sex and Ruinous Relationships

Love Junkie by Rachel Resnick is a brave, compelling memoir/confessional of the author's decades of seeking love and finding chaos and hot sex with damaged men within destructive, degrading, dangerous...

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Thoughts Upon Winning the Longevity Award

My well established habit of spreading the word about my old-age accomplishments, be they large or small, as well as alerting everyone to the wonderful media coverage that almost always follows, is...

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Relating with Song

“Call me Helen”.That’s likely the opening words that University of Pennsylvania medical students will hear at their first day of class in Microbiology.Dr. Helen Davies, 83, is a living legend for her...

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BEAUTY IN MUNICH: BAVARIA’S CULTURAL CAPITAL

Remember Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Howie Morris and Carl Reiner on TV’s “Your Show of Shows?” In one classic skit, they portray mechanical Bavarian figures on a gigantic clock who suddenly revolve in...

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Creative Resilience in Difficult Times

Yes, it’s tough out there and the wind has not shifted yet. Since there is no economic weather forecast that is reliable, we have to accept this financial debacle and find ways to continue to manage...

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Do You Have to Eat a Fat Juicy Steak to get Enough Protein?

The other day I read that many nutritionists still think you cannot get enough protein without eating meat, fish, or chicken. Can this really be true, I wonder. I'm not a vegetarian myself but days go...

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Give Me My Black Garlic--Please!

For years I've known regularly eating garlic or taking a garlic supplement may provide many health benefits. Garlic is a natural remedy for lowering high blood pressure and high LDL cholesterol while...

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Old Tucson Studios: the “Old West” – Hollywood Style

I grew up spending my Saturdays at movie matinees.One of my favorite genres was the "western." As an adult, I was hooked on western TV series like "Bonanza," "Cheyenne," "Maverick" and "Wagon Train."...

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When Creative Success Comes Later in Life

Some have struggled for years in jobs, others have followed a quiet creative life and many have tenaciously held on to their entrepreneurial spirit. Yet success found them later in life. When you have...

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Makoho--Simple Exercises You Can Do Before Bedtime

My friend Bob Thomas recently told me about a Japanese form of exercise called "Makoho" or "Makko-ho" which consists of four stretching exercises designed to rejuvenate the legs, align the hips and...

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Please Pass the Kelp!

The conventional wisdom is the vast majority of us get enough iodine in our diet so we don't have to worry about iodine deficiency. A few years ago this might have been true because conventional table...

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Counting Calories is the First Step

If you want to lose some weight, I know one sure-fire method.  First thing in the morning, every morning--stand in front of a mirror and jog in place for one hour.  I guarantee you'll lose...

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Herb and Dorothy

They did not plan to be rich or famous. After all, they both had long, quiet careers in the government. He was a postal worker without a high school diploma and she was a librarian for the New York...

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Houston has Bragging Rights

Texans say they have bragging rights, and maybe Houstonians deserve that claim. NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center ("Houston, we have a problem!") is here, as are the Astros, but so are loads of...

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Eleanor Faye: Ophthalmologist

When I came out of the elevator at the Lighthouse, I wasn't expecting a giant sign over the reception area reading "Eleanor E. Faye Low Vision Service." I shouldn't have been surprised. Faye has worked...

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Rome’s Romantic Treasure: Keats-Shelley House

In the summer of 1816, poet Lord Byron rented a villa on Lake Geneva in Switzerland. It rainedMartin SandlerThe Keats-Shelley House in Romefor days. Byron was running out of ways to entertain his...

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I Celebrate My Life

Finally at 74, I’m happy with my life and ready to celebrate it.  For longer than I care to remember, I’ve seen my life as a failure.  I was disappointed with what I’d accomplished, and longed for an...

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The Economy is Down, Creativity is Up

It's everywhere. People are struggling and businesses are closing. Assumed to be the longest recession since World War II, the economy has faltered and sent tremors rippling down Wall Street, along...

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If Not Now, When Do We Live Fully?

© 2009 by Joan Price, may not be reprinted without permission. (email: joan [at] joanprice [dot] com) "Putting your own life/needs/emotions on hold can't be healthy for you," I told someone yesterday,...

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Charleston: The Lure of the Low Country

One of my favorite musicals is 1776, not only because American history fascinates me, but because of one extraordinary song sung unforgettably by John Collum: "Molasses to Rum to Slaves." Collum...

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Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, and Military Heroes

God bless our U. S. soldiers, past, present and future. That was my thought as I recently toured Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, the nation's largest military installation based on...

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