The Best Places to Travel In Europe owner Patrick M. Lind writes “Oftentimes, the most popular places in Europe (e.g. Paris, London, Rome) are not the best to visit because of the number of tourists that fill the streets, restaurants and hotels. To truly experience European cultures and lifestyles, and see the best the continent [...]
It seems like GOOGLE and YAHOO are taking turns trying to outdo each other all the time. Now Yahoo has a travel guide that can plan your trip and find great deals. Presently according to their website the Top World Cities are: 1 Boston 2 Chicago 3 Honolulu 4 Las Vegas 5 London Hot this [...]
Some years ago, a speaker, who impressed me very much, noted in his lecture that “loneliness is epidemic, up and down every street.” I don’t recall his having given any statistics to prove it so, but the impact of the concept hit me hard.
Today, that reminder is all the more true. The numbers of people facing foreclosures, the vast and fast growing unemployed, those who have lived alone and find that less and less a desirable situation, those who are captive in facilities for older persons, those who are miles from family and faced with a diminishing number of friends all are part of the flood of loneliness faced by people today.
In spite of all the causal factors
There are a few things that fit into my ‘nightmare’ file and spilling red wine on a white carpet is one of those nightmares I’d hoped never to live. So of course when I carried a glass of red wine into my bedroom, put the tall stemmed glass on my bedside table and settled into [...]
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Coming to retirement introduces a wide variety of choices in your lifestyle. Most people look forward to more relaxed, congenial and stress free days. Depending upon both your nature and the plans that have been put in place, it is possible to reach this plateau of comfort and serenity.
Of course, there will be surprises and some minor shockwaves that may affect your hopes for such a tranquil existence. Those come because of health issues, economic surprises, family tensions, adjustment challenges, etc. This latter, adjusting to retirement, is no small undertaking. Lifestyle alterations may create enough shaking of the foundations and acceptance of the changes which come with retirement that those experiences may introduce difficulties of peace of mind and overall satisfaction.When this is the case, the need for a third party may be
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My brother and his wife have traveled a great deal in Europe. They always insisted on knowing where they would be staying each and every night while on the road. More than once this meant that they would miss monuments, special events, “must see sites” just because they felt insecure. My wife and I prefer [...]
Our two pets, one a papillion, the other a daschund, have a morning habit of chasing one another throughout the house, often stopping for a stand-off, barking and attempting to intimidate the other. It is all for play and their satisfaction. It does a great deal for mine. I am usually at the computer, but when I hear them on the chase, I pause to watch and engage in their pleasure. However long they go, I sit still to observe their behavior. It is loving and affirming. They genuinely sound as if they might attack the other viciously, but alas it never ends up as anything but play.
Sitting quietly and enjoying simple pleasures on cold mornings has to be one of those gifts of retirement. Sometime, because of where we live, it includes sitting to watch the deer graze in our front and side yards. Sippping
