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Happiness in Your Fifties
Tweet “You know you’re 50 when the only silver lining you can see is on your head,” says Melanie White. The latest studies on happiness seem to confirm that viewpoint. When I first heard about the...
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Eight Fun Ways to Spend Leap Day
Tweet What would you do with an extra day? A whole extra 24 hours? Start thinking about it now because it’s leap year and we all get that gift. Leap for Joy – It’s Leap Day! I say we have some fun and...
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Goldie Hawn’s Take on Happiness
Tweet Don’t we all want to be a little like Goldie Hawn? Now 70 years old, this baby boomer became famous with her role on the TV show, Laugh In. Hawn went on to play giddy, ditsy, and adorable...
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Baby Boomer Fulfills Dream of Creating a Winery
Tweet One of the things I love best about being a writer is all the interesting people I’m privileged to meet. That and the fact that I get to work at home in my pajamas as a freelancer. But back to...
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Home Office Design Tips for Writers: Crafting a Creation Station
Tweet March madness has struck! My writerly pals and I are spring cleaning our work space and sharing the results of our labors this week in our Creation Station blog hop. Hopefully, you can find some...
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What Star Wars Teaches Us About Happiness
Tweet I was standing in line for the new Star Wars movie on opening night with my kids (I call them kids, but they are both in their 30’s now). My youngest turns to me and asks how old I was when the...
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How to Find Yourself Again
Tweet Do you feel like you need to find yourself again? Last week, I got a letter from the hospice bereavement coordinator that helped my family care for my mother in her final days. They acknowledged...
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Five Fun Ways to Celebrate Spring
Tweet I love this photo. I lived in Washington State for a few years and loved watching the crocuses break through the frozen soil to announce that spring was right around the corner. The bright...
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Three Simple Things You Should Do Every Single Day
Tweet As readers of my blog know, I have deemed this as my year of healing after a tumultuous few years. Last week I made a deal with myself. I listed three non-negotiable things I must do every day...
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Spring Cleaning and Decluttering Makes Us Happy
Tweet Are you dreading the task of spring cleaning? If so, consider this: There may be some serious benefits to tidying up. According to a new survey by Schick Intuition, 92 per cent of Canadian...
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My Menopausal Middle: Menopausal Weight Gain
Tweet The following is from a humorous article I wrote about menopausal weight gain – more specifically menopausal belly fat – for Hot Flash Daily. The article was inspired by a photo my hubby posted...
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California Dreaming: Laguna Beach
Tweet Last weekend, hubby and I decided to revisit Laguna Beach for a bit of baby boomer bliss.. This charming beach town, located halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego, with over 20 different...
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Focusing on Myself
Tweet This is the year I’m hitting the pause button on what has been a stressful few years, taking a deep breath, and focusing on myself. The future is looking brighter. I’m done dwelling on what I...
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Stop Making Happiness the Goal
Tweet Have we been trying too hard to be happy? Does it seem like the more you strive for happiness the more it seems to elude you? Is the media making us feel like happiness is like a button we push...
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Life Is Good
Tweet When Bert and John Jacobs were kids, their mother would look around the dinner table and say, “Tell me something good that happened today.” So simple, but that became the inspiration behind the...
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How I Lost a Pound a Day
Tweet I know, I know. Losing a pound a day may not sound like a healthy way to lose weight, but stay with me. And in case you’re wondering, I’m not getting paid to promote some crazy diet. Not a...
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The Story of Bobby Rydell
Tweet If you’re a baby boomer, you’ll remember Bobby Rydell. This teen idol heartthrob – and what a cutie he was – exploded on the scene in the 1960s with hits like Kissin’ Time, Wild One, and my...
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Julie Gorges’ Interview with Bobby Rydell: Baby Boomer Bliss
Tweet The media has deemed Bobby Rydell the “Justin Bieber of the Camelot Era.” You baby boomers may balk at the idea of comparing Bobby with the Bieber, but no doubt you recall the teen heart throb...
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CURRENTLY: How I’m Finding my Bliss the Summer of 2016
Tweet One of my fellow bloggers asked me to join a blog hop to share where we are currently in life. Our dreams and what we’re reading, watching, listening to, and loving in the CURRENTLY Summer 2016...
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What to See and Do in Chicago
Tweet The debate was on. It was me and hubby’s 38th anniversary and we had two free domestic airline tickets. Where would we go? Hubby’s top pick was Chicago. I had never been and wasn’t sure what...
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