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Traveling — what can go wrong?

Slang tries to make language more efficient. Tickets become “tix.” Pictures become “pics.” Recently we took a “vacay.” That’s vacation for you less cool people. We met our two daughters and attached others for a week of running around Charleston, South Carolina, and Savanah, ...

Managing aging parents’ finances: What to know

Making financial decisions takes time, attention and energy at any age. In the case of elderly adults, it may become increasingly difficult to manage finances, particularly if their health is declining or they’re experiencing a cognitive issue. If you’re providing support to aging parents ...

Books and Beyond

“I Was Dancing,” by Edwin O’Connor, c 1964. The narrator of this book is Daniel, and he is 77 years old now. He refers to himself as “Waltzing Daniel Considine” (p. 48). The other people we meet in Chapter One are Daniel’s son Tom, his wife Ellen, several of Daniel’s friends, ...

On the Porch

Inauguration Day occurs every four years on Jan. 20 (or Jan. 21 if Jan. 20 falls on a Sunday). The inauguration ceremony takes place at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. The date of Jan. 20 is due to the 20th Amendment. The 20th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on Jan. 23, ...

Battling video game addiction

When video games came on the market I began to see problems gradually develop. I believe that Pong came out In 1972. You could get your own game in 1975. I believe my first relationship problem that was the result of addiction to Pong was sometime in 1976. At that time I could never have ...