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A woman is sitting at a table outside, journaling. Image by Pojoslaw. "Write it down," suggests Mary Derrick Chaney.
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‘Write It Down’

Benefits of this meaningful act

By Mary Derrick Chaney | September 16, 2025
A man in the garden tending to his roses, as Doreen Frick recalls her dad in the garden as he sang in the rain. Image by Robert Ratuts
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Memories of My Dad in the Garden

Dad Sings in the Rain

By Doreen Frick | September 9, 2025
A pink-themed Sweet 16 birthday cake. By Rosemary Buffoni
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Happy Birthday, Sweet 16

What made this 1958 event so memorable?

By Carol Giuliani | September 2, 2025
Senior woman writing, as her writing group helped her achieve her late bloomer boomer goals
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Late Bloomer Boomer: How My Writing Tribe Helped Me Grow

One woman’s story of achieving a dream

By J.H. Jones | August 26, 2025
big black lace-up boots. Image by Vera Aksionava. For Connie Cook, the bunion saga means wearing ugly cumbersome shoes
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Me, With 11 Toes

The dilemma: shed the bunion or wear ‘cumbersome clod-hoppers’

By Connie Cook | August 19, 2025
Eating a raw oyster, like Chicken Jack demonstrated. Image by Volodymyr Tverdokhlib
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The Legend of Chicken Jack

A brief meeting, a lifelong lesson, and oysters

By Phil Perkins | August 12, 2025
A vintage classroom. AI generated, by Yulia Ryabokon. For memories of growing up in the 1960s and '70s, "we never walked alone."
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‘We Never Walked Alone’

Reflections from a 1957 baby boomer

By Gregory Meece | August 5, 2025
Road trip bonding pic from the trip, from Allan Ripp
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Road Trip Bonding

‘Take Me Home, Dad’

By Allan Ripp | July 29, 2025
One of the people that the author met, "Like ships in the night," on her travels
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Like Ships in the Night

A lifetime of travel and of meeting memorable strangers

By Sherrill Pool Elizondo | July 22, 2025
A man plays a home piano, with a smile on his face. "Enjoy Yourself," a classic old song! Image by Tatsiana Yatsevich
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‘Enjoy Yourself’

An uncle’s favorite song plays on in her mind

By Gail Bobrowitz | July 15, 2025

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