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    Fifty

    FEBRUARY 28, 2012 9:43AM

    By Ann Nichols


    Topics: aging, aarp, whining, winning?, lasers, botox, clairol, melanie griffith at the academy awards

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    • 60 Ratings
    • 2166 Views
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    Visiting Violet

    FEBRUARY 17, 2012 2:37PM

    By dirndl skirt


    Topics: self-doubt, artists, roots, drawing, companionship, aging

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    • 41 Ratings
    • 1466 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    Grace

    FEBRUARY 11, 2012 8:01PM

    By Amy A


    Topics: dementia, death, illness, aging, grief, optimism, hope, grace, love, family, vascular dementia, frog in soup

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 625 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    The Old Gray Mare

    JANUARY 31, 2012 11:34AM

    By Nancy Davis Kho


    Topics: family camp, dog, aging

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    • 35 Ratings
    • 1347 Views
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    Dad's New Normal

    JANUARY 31, 2012 11:07AM

    By Amy A


    Topics: pipeline, florida primary, dementia, aging

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    • 27 Ratings
    • 7404 Views
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    Note to Caitlin: Joan Didion Is Not Your BFF

    JANUARY 13, 2012 8:19AM

    By Martha Nichols


    Topics: mortality, aging, books, caitlin flanagan, joan didion, blue nights

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 855 Views
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    A Mother of Mistaken Identity

    NOVEMBER 19, 2011 10:41AM

    By Lorraine Duffy Merkl


    Topics: fashion, grooming, menopause, aging, true story

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    • 13 Ratings
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    Growing Up at My High School Reunion

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 2:23PM

    By Regina Landor


    Topics: friends, non friends, reunions, aging, growing, learning

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    • 32 Ratings
    • 3669 Views
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    Reflected Addiction

    SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 8:19AM

    By Susie Lindau


    Topics: journal, home, aging, beauty, comedy, family, open+call, lifestyle, life, humor

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 1077 Views
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    Turning 50

    AUGUST 10, 2011 5:42AM

    By Ranjani Iyer Mohanty


    Topics: wayne gretzky, george clooney, barack obama, life, aging, demography, turning 50

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    • 41 Ratings
    • 2117 Views
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    My Frisky Nonagenarian Soulmate, Who Lives On a Ship

    AUGUST 6, 2011 11:27AM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: travel, relationships, cruising, meeting new people, old age, aging, egon, true story

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    • 9 Ratings
    • 1035 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Like I Said (A Dementia Vignette)

    JULY 13, 2011 2:09PM

    By JoAnne Lehman


    Topics: memory, comedy, family, memoir, caregiving, alzheimer's, aging, elderly parents, dementia, open+call

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 579 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    Survivor's Guilt

    JUNE 3, 2011 6:43AM

    By Erica K


    Topics: mother-daughter bonds, youth, queen elizabeth, aging, moving

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 1517 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    The Times They Are A Changin': Bob Dylan Turns 70!!

    MAY 25, 2011 5:00PM

    By trilogy


    Topics: aging, like a rolling stone, ballad of a thin man, highway 61 revisited, bob dylan, music

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 770 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    60 Under 60 List Honors the No-Longer-Youthful

    MAY 16, 2011 1:20PM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: aging, satire, comedy, spoof, humor

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 1240 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Leaving Annapolis--An Alzheimers Story

    MAY 11, 2011 7:49AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: true story, alzheimers, annapolis, aging, retirement, health, aging parents, dementia

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 399 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    On My Mother's Mind

    APRIL 30, 2011 9:37PM

    By Bonnie Council


    Topics: mothers, mind exercises, crossword puzzles, alzheimer's, aging

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    • 3 Ratings
    • 1197 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    When the Wig Falls Off

    APRIL 29, 2011 10:54AM

    By Elizabeth Coyne


    Topics: willard blevins, accident, eccentric, crazy, small town, flamboyant, community, aging

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    • 7 Ratings
    • 957 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Apple, Desk, Rainbow

    APRIL 20, 2011 9:24AM

    By Rebekah C.


    Topics: aging, alzheimer's

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    • 10 Ratings
    • 1532 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    Facebook Saved my Birthday

    APRIL 19, 2011 11:35PM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: midlife, technology, social media, nostalgia, aging, birthdays, facebook, open call

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