Lifestyle
My 22 Cents’ Worth: Facing Grief
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- Written by Walt Sonneville Walt Sonneville
All of us have been intimately acquainted with grief, a gripping sorrow whose mental anguish can last until it is mercifully exhausted. People react differently to the sense of loss that accompanies grief.
Such is Life: Bob’s Gambling Habit
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- Written by Saralee Perel Saralee Perel
“What do you have behind your back?” I asked my husband, Bob.
Such is Life: Post-Holiday Weight Gain
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- Written by Saralee Perel Saralee Perel
For most of us, our county fairs happen in the summer. But in our house, they’re year-round affairs.
On Life and Love after 50: The Single Women of Central Pa.
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- Written by Tom Blake Tom Blake
This past December, a Harrisburg woman, whose nickname is Neet, was in the reception room of her doctor’s office. She started leafing through the December issue of 50plus LIFE.
Such is Life: Bob’s Parting Sorrow
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- Written by Saralee Perel Saralee Perel
“Honey,” I said to my husband, Bob, “it’s time to say goodbye.”
Older but Not Wiser: The Weigh-in
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- Written by Sy Rosen Sy Rosen
My yearly physical was coming up, and that, of course, meant the dreaded, horrible, humiliating weigh-in.
On Life and Love after 50: Men Have Trouble Meeting Women
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- Written by Tom P. Blake Tom P. Blake
Usually, it’s the women who comment to me that meeting mature single men is difficult. But, lately, older men have also said meeting older single women is difficult.
My 22 Cents’ Worth: The Peace of Christmases Past
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- Written by Walt Sonneville Walt Sonneville
It has now been 102 years since a Christmas when a sense of the brotherhood of humanity momentarily seized warring soldiers in Western Europe.
My 22 Cents’ Worth: Be All You Can Be
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- Written by Walt Sonneville Walt Sonneville
“Be All You Can Be” was the Army’s recruitment slogan from 1980 to 2001. Now that they have retired the slogan, it is fitting for the “army” of those 50 years of age and older to adopt that orphan.