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• Keys: An Ongoing Saga at the Retirement Home

  Everyone loses their keys sometime. I’m sure that close to 100 percent of the customers in the locksmith shops and key duplicating kiosks are replacing lost... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Is The Pain In My Little Finger From Too Much Exercise?

  There are many different Keep-fit programs here in the retirement home. When we first moved in, I read the list of exercising opportunities that ranges from... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Has It Started Raining Yet?

  I bumped into an old friend yesterday. He was standing outside the bank looking somewhat puzzled. “What’s going on?” I asked. He replied: “Remember all those... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Case of the Creaking Chair

  The chair exercise class in the retirement home often provides some great entertainment. When 30 or 40 would-be body-builders of average age 80 get together to... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hobbies One Can Enjoy at the Retirement Home

  Of all the hobbies I have been involved with, ceramics has been the most exciting, the most creative and the most satisfying. From the moment I first dug my... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Next Senior-Shaker Is On the Way

  We live in an ever-changing world that leaves us seniors breathless – new medicines, new health treatments, new phones, new toys and new weapons. Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Keep The Heart Ticking Or Keep The Brain Working? Or Both?

  An article in yesterday’s paper said we seniors must exercise to keep our hearts pumping. Today another article says we must play a musical instrument to enhanc... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Keeping Ahead Of The Money Game

  If you didn’t set up your retirement plan on the day you started to work back there in the 1950s or 60’s, you’re in for a thin time when it suddenly dawns on yo... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Are You A Player In The Longevity Game?

  We attended another funeral yesterday, this time of a good friend whose heart finally gave out after some years of sputtering along. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Singing for Healthy Aging – Sez Who?

  A new film called “Unfinished Song”, soon to be released, stars Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp and features a senior choral singing group. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Who’s Buzzing the Retirement Home?

  One of the things that we seniors are really serious about is our sleep. For some strange reason, sleep becomes elusive as we age and here in the House of... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The New Generation Hasn’t Learned From Us Golden Agers

  From where I’m standing on my balcony at the retirement home, it looks suspiciously as though a war is about to break out. Not one of those local wars that go o... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Another Report from The Over 70s’ Mediterranean Cruise

  Do you remember how air travel was back in the good old days? It was what is today called, a “no-brainer”. You never had to think. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Report from the Over 70s’ Mediterranean Cruise

  You live in a retirement home so you see the Over 70s on an hourly basis. You practice patience, you study the habits of the elderly, you make yourself the... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Aah, the Golden Years Are Here At Last

  Whoever coined the phrase “the Golden Years” clearly never reached his or her Golden Years, (from now on to be written in small letters only). Gold keeps its... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The French Open and a Bad Case of Nostalgia

  The French Open Tennis Championships began in Paris on Sunday and as usual, it is a delight to watch. The great tennis players of our time are out there... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oh, How They Multiply

  We came back home from a family ‘brunch’ and hit the couch and bed to recover from the hectic morning. It wasn’t hectic in terms of physical activity, but the... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Has Anyone Seen My Palette Knife?

  I was about to paint a fine detail on the canvas in the studio the other day. My easel is a little apart from the mob, meaning the 20 or so ladies who come to... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Many Birthday Parties Have You Had, Pop?

  One of the tough things about grandchildren is answering those nasty little questions they insist on asking. This little guy has not only reminded me every... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Remember Jerry Lewis? Oh, How We Laughed!

  Oh how we laughed back in the 1940s when Jerry Lewis first appeared in the movie houses with his partner, Dean Martin! It was the funniest slapstick we had seen. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION