Sounds like a banner slogan of a great metropolitan newspaper. But with each passing day, the news as well as other items of interest, apparently are becoming less fit to be in print with the ongoing recalibration of the news dispensing business.

With the lightning-fast advances occurring in media te… Read full post »

The Beatles believed it (or at least within the lyric of a song they did):

"ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE; LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED"

Not quite palindromic in its form, but you get the idea. Ah, but written, methinks, when the four lads from Liverpool were idealistically young and everything… Read full post »

Despite having become a lady of a certain age, I have no qualms whatsoever about the prospect of an old dog learning new tricks. I know it can be done if the mind - no matter how old or set in its ways - is willing and open to new ideas.… Read full post »

Although I've been aware of the many internet sites where people can post themselves on a page or blog, I have pretty much stayed away from them until now. And less than a week after making a milestone transition to an entirely different age group (six-oh!), and in light of my… Read full post »

Those who have cognizance of the year 1969 surely remember more than Neil Armstrong's historic walk on the moon because less than one month later, an event took place in Bethel, N.Y. which was to become the most iconic moment of the baby boom/hippie generation: Woodstock.

 And yeah, we were all… Read full post »

Well, another baby boomer has crossed over into "senior" land on Aug. 8th when, decked out in peace sign jewelry and all in black, I transitioned from upper middle-age into lower old age - at least in terms of chronology.

My 93-year-old mother, grown daughters, husband and four grandkids were all… Read full post »