Need Extra Income? Here Are 5 Ways to Get It Out of Your Home
If you’re feeling pinched these days, you’re not alone. The combination of pandemic, inflation and global events has dealt us all a wallop. And yet there are still bills to be paid, nest eggs to pad or replenish, home improvements to make and adventures…
Read More10 Fun Things to Do with Someone in a Nursing Home or Assisted Living Facility
When a loved one lives in a nursing home or assisted living, visiting regularly is an important way to stay connected and show how much you care. Spending time with you will brighten their day and knowing when you’ll…
Read MoreDiscovering Hydrosols, Powerful Secret Ingredients for the Body and Home
Womanly skills are simply not my forte. So, it wasn’t a complete surprise that I had never heard the word – or learned about – hydrosol. That was about to change. Hydrosols are aromatic waters that remain after steam or hydro distilling of botanical materials…
Read MoreBuilding on Experience and Sharing – Happy Birthday and Happy 100, Betty Reid Soskin
Photo credit: Luther Bailey/National Park Service The articles I have recently read about Betty Reid Soskin put me in mind of Mary Oliver’s poem The Summer Day with the closing lines: Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Soskin, throughout her life, seems to have understood […]
Read MoreThe Odd Experience of Unexpectedly Moving to a New Home
Moving is consistently ranked as one of the top 10 most stressful things in life. In the past seven years, we have moved three times. That’s a lot of hours x weeks and months devoted to planning, packing and pining over personal wares that found…
Read MoreHow to Make Money in Retirement by Sharing Your Passion for Health
For most of my life I’ve been unemployable. That doesn’t mean I haven’t had jobs. I was a college language teacher for many years. That led to an opportunity to write textbooks – and I found that I loved the creativity of writing…
Read MoreHygge is More than Just a Cozy Home! Get More from this Wonderful Concept After 60
This beautiful Danish concept has become quite commercialized, so that as soon as we hear the word hygge (pronounced hooguh), our mind jumps to bulky sweaters, crackling fires and hot chocolate (or mulled wine)…
Read MoreSharing These 4 Money Mistakes Will Kill My Image as “Super Grandma” (But, I’ll Do it Anyway!)
Like most children, my grandkids think of me as a superhero. I am a bringer of gifts and laughter. I am their “baba with a backpack” who Skypes them from mountain tops and cruise ships, desert villages and London hotels…
Read More13 Revelations I Brought Home from My Iconic 50th High School Reunion
We slipped quietly into our hometown, arriving one by one – by car, taxi, bus, or train. We all wondered what we would feel. It all looks the same! It all looks different!
Read MoreCaregiver Ideas: 5 Reasons to Consider Sharing Live Music with the Elderly
Many in the aging services professions are already aware of the power of music on healing and particularly with dementia patients. Many patients can remember and sing songs even in advanced stages, long after they’ve stopped recognizing names and faces. Read More