Write a book! It will keep you occupied, fully absorbed and energized. I’m convinced that unused spare time ages people. Writing a book keeps you interested, curious, coping with the computer. You begin to feel like a 30 year-old.
Also consider this: today it’s so simple to access information. In other times, writers had to go [...]
I give up. A movie buff since the 1920s, when my mother took me by the hand to matinees at the Dreamland, I’m giving up on movies. It’s like abandoning a dear friend, one who has provided nourishment, delight–but no longer. I’m starting a boycott. Why?
A majority of American movies promote violence and foul language. [...]
When I was a young editor and working on the magazine Family Circle, the editor-in-chief Bob Jones gave a big party at his home in Westchester County. The whole staff, as well as husbands, wives and children, were invited. The house was built like an ultrafancy log cabin, with all the bling-bling of modern living. [...]
If you are 50 or more, you’re a candidate for limbo. Face it: 50 plusses live in a kind of limbo on earth. They get fewer invitations, they’re respected but pitied and considered to be a few feet ahead of the Grim Reaper. For the 20 to 40 plusses, they [...]
I’ve noticed that in AARP, the magazine of the American Association of Retired People, the age bracket for those up-in-years gets younger. (Incidentally, AARP claims to be the largest circulation magazine.) It is now featuring those in their early 50s. A recent article “Great Looks” (April, ‘08) highlights 10 attractive people, of both sexes. Four [...]
