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• The Golden Ager’s Three Minute Limit

  They have installed secrete cameras in the streets in this town in an attempt to nab double parkers and other traffic offenders. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• It’s All a Matter of Storage and Retrieval

  After 3 months I reckon that being 80 is no big deal. There have been no major changes; my back is still bent and I still walk like a question mark. Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• So I’m Painting Flowers…

  There is to be an exhibition of flower paintings here at the retirement home starting next week. I heard about it a few days ago and hurried to convert a half... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great Cheesecake Bake-Off In The Retirement Home

  It’s the Festival of Weeks in the Hebrew calendar and one of the traditions faithfully observed by everyone and not only the faithful, is the eating of dairy... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Artists Can Remain Artists in Retirement Homes

  The majority of retirement homes offer a variety of activities so that residents can enjoy pastimes that suit their preferences. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• So What’s Your Retirement Dream?

  Do you ever think about your retirement, how it will be, what you will do, how you will pass the hours of the day? Forget the money side for a moment – that’s... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mozart, You Would Have Lived To 100 In A Retirement Home!

  Every morning I drop into the chair in front of the computer and with a click of the mouse I turn on Radio Mozart, a radio station that I found on the internet. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Your Retirement Fund Just Went Up In Smoke

  You have arrived safely at age 74 and are thinking about retiring and moving to a place where you can enjoy your Golden Years. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Retirement Home Is the Ideal Place to Write Your Memoirs

  Now, perhaps for the first time, you have time on your hands. The retirement home is the ideal place to sit and reminisce, to think back on your long life and... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Longevity Game – Are You Playing?

  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 03 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hi-Tech In the Retirement Home? You Must Be Joking!

  After a year of residence in the retirement home and spending hours reorganizing our lives to suit our new surroundings, I finally tackled the phone messaging... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Katie the Famous Cake-Maker Lives In the Retirement Home

  She is 94 years old, speaks with a delightful old-European accent, has a small apartment on the 7th floor and prays regularly for the health of the elevator. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Of Course We Celebrate Birthdays In The Retirement Home!

  In fact, for every year we add to our personal score, the party gets wilder… Somewhere in our lifetime, we all stop looking forward to the next birthday, the... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Get Your Face Slapped In the Retirement Home

  Here’s how it happened: Probably the most common sight among seniors in a retirement home are back problems, meaning walking problems. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Guilt Disappears At 80

  The 88 year-old woman sitting next to me in the coffee lounge this morning leaned over and said, “I have to tell this to someone! I took an after-breakfast nap... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Welcome To the Retirement Center – Home Of Professional Nappers

  Napologists, that’s us, the residents of the Sharon Gardens Retirement Home. We are specialists in the art of the sudden nap, the instant drop-off, the unplanne... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• When’s Your Next Birthday?

  I noticed a strange thing yesterday. I was out having lunch with two old friends. Actually they are “doubly old” – both are 89; and I have known them for a long... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Harry, Are You Alright? Please Wake Up!

  We had another one of those false alarms on Friday in the lounge at the retirement home. It was full of residents, all busy with their coffee and cake;... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• In Praise of Idleness

  It was the mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell that wrote the above title for an essay. He was pushing a theory that everyone should work less. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• What We Seniors Talk About In the Retirement Home

  We seniors talk. A lot. In fact, you may say that this is our main occupation. Our Golden Years have finally brought us to a point in life where we are able to... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION