From Our Readers

elderly woman in park, from Vladimir Voronin. The 81-year-old celebrity showed us that we can look great at any age – or was the message something entirely different? Baby boomer Margaret Hopkins offers a tongue-in-cheek look at the swimsuit-clad Martha Stewart and how her generation views aging and body image.
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Thanks a Lot, Martha Stewart

Congrats on the SI swimsuit edition, but ...

By Margaret Hopkins | July 18, 2023
Marilyn Monroe statue at Madame Tussaud's museum, photo by Sanja Baljkas
From Our Readers

Marilyn and Me

An 11-year-old’s coming of age and the iconic sex symbol

By Bill Levine | July 11, 2023
Solomon and Lottie Callihoo, and their children, Charlie, Christina, and Camilla. Camilla went to live in the Canadian residential school system for Indigenous children soon after and never returned to her family.
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‘I Never Got to Meet Her’

A family tragedy that resonates a century later

By Wesley Shennan | July 5, 2023
woman writing on a pad at her kitchen table, from Wavebreakmedia Ltd. For article on writing, three-by-five cards and more
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Three-by-Five Cards

For the writer in us all

By Doreen Mary Frick | June 27, 2023
gun and flower Evgenyp. A decades-old incident points to an issue that seems almost ageless: wielding guns for honor. Phil Perkins shares his tale.
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The More Things Change

Guns have long been a factor

By Phil Perkins | June 21, 2023
The avid hiker-photographer in Palo Dura Canyon in Texas.
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Traveling with an Avid Hiker-Photographer

As told by his good-natured wife

By Sherrill Pool Elizondo | June 20, 2023
A dilapidated section of the West Coast Trail in BC, Canada. From Christopher Babcock.
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The West Coast Trail

Survivor meets a very long walk in the park

By Lisa Olivier | June 13, 2023
A mug and My Story journal on a wooden table, from Marek Jliasz. Author Rod Martinez writes about the book that you have in you and why you should write your personal memoir.
Books

Literary Legacy

A book by none other than … you!

By Rod Martinez | June 6, 2023
1950s family re-creation, mother and two children in a living room. From Lightfieldstudiosprod. For article on "Those were the days, a look at simpler times," by Rodney A. Battles
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Those Were the Days

A tale of simpler times

By Rodney A. Battles | May 30, 2023
When the author and her husband were gringo good luck charms for newlyweds. A frequent traveler in her youth, Naomi Beth Marcus took a trip to Central America. She asked, is it worth the hassle to travel while old?
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Post-Covid Travel While Old: Totally Worth It?

A recent trip provides an answer

By Naomi Beth Marcus | May 24, 2023

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