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We’re getting older, Boomers, so dig it. There are no other choices

Article online since March 10th 2010
Well fellow Baby Boomers, how are you enjoying this aging process? Generally, I would say it sucks, but in order to survive, we have to change our thinking patterns and learn to cope with the mental and physical challenges facing us. This short term memory thing can really be a riot. You head...

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Lacking tactile dexterity makes me one lousy typist, but I’ll keep trying

Article online since February 24th 2010
Admittedly, my key board skills are the pits. On just about every occasion (now included), I usually write my copy out in longhand. It's a habit I've had for several years, as I never truly felt comfortable tapping away on QWERTY. Back in high school during the early 60s, I recall walking...

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Is the real drama in front of the lenses or behind it? You tell me?

Article online since February 10th 2010
With three decades of photojournalism under my belt, a job which included covering various planned events and just about anything else in Cornwall and area, I've managed to compile quite a number of stories related to the job of recording history in the making. Of course, I'm not alone in...

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Some baby boomer banter to help banish the winter blues

Article online since January 27th 2010
We're more than a month into the current winter and deep in the middle of the cold and flu season. Of course, this always brings me back to a time when a winter cold meant a combination cure of (then) modern-day medicine and the tried and true family cures. Most of which should never be tried...

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Dig into your grey matter; Can we come up with a decade name which may span the century?

Article online since January 13th 2010
A belated welcome to the second decade of the 21st century. But as Sean Connery said in the movie, The Untouchables, "herein lyeth the problem." We don't have a name yet for the first decade of this century. You must have heard it on just about every radio station offering "the greatest hits...

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This casserole is like an upside-down shepherd's pie, except polenta replaces the potatoes. You can, of course, use mashed potatoes or even... [+] More

We’re getting older, Boomers, so dig it. There are no other choices

Lacking tactile dexterity makes me one lousy typist, but I’ll keep trying

Is the real drama in front of the lenses or behind it? You tell me?

Some baby boomer banter to help banish the winter blues

Dig into your grey matter; Can we come up with a decade name which may span the century?

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