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Saying “Yes, sir,” “Yes, ma'am,” “Thank you,” “Please,” are just good manners. These phrases of appreciation and respect were drilled into us as kids. However, we wonder if good decorum is a lost art as people nibble and lick their fingers at a buffet, double dip in a dip, let a door slam in your face, refuse to let you merge into traffic, grab the last cookie or bump into you without even saying, “So sorry, please excuse me.”  We feel it’s time to start a movement to make manners cool again. Hey, they're free, can be used anywhere and...

  The phone rings. You don’t recognize the number, but it’s your area code. It could be your doctor or the hospital’s main number. You had a recent surgery there. You think, “I hope there’s not an insurance problem.” You answer. It’s someone telling you that it's Medicare, and they start to ask for your Social Security number, date of birth and more. You are completely caught off guard. Fortunately, you bang down the phone and say nothing, just in case you are being recorded. That could come back to haunt you when they use your voice for a subsequent...

Small talk can be boring. The weather can be boring when we are stuck inside (like we were this winter). Some books and movies are boring. Staring at the walls is boring. Some phone conversations are boring. And looking at FB multiple times a day is super boring. Enter parlor games, some old school in different iterations, and some new ones, which have grabbed the attention of seniors everywhere and are more popular than Bad Bunny. There’s a good reason why we like games. Somewhere in our young adulthood, we put aside our card and board games. We were too...

  What if a gigantic pile of money landed in your lap from an inheritance, a lottery win, the sale of an expensive collection or a surge in the stock market, and you had to spend it only on yourself? Price tag: the sky’s the limit. What indulgence would you lavish on You, You, You?  Would you travel the world in style on private jets, first-class tickets, luxury yachts and stays at five-star resorts in exotic locations? What about a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, such as safaris in Africa, Antarctic expeditions or immersive culinary tours through Europe with famous celeb chefs? How about...

Spring is nature’s feel-good story, a celebration of life anew with abundant vigor, as all the colors in its palette blanket the terrain, ranging from different shades of green to an array of radiant hues.  The arrival of March last Sunday—and the official spring kickoff just two weeks away--also brings good news of brighter, warmer days for those of us not into cold weather and ice (fear of slipping or falling), early darkness, winter sports and staying indoors by a roaring fire or drinking hot toddies or cocoa with marshmallows to warm us up. We eagerly await the signs of...