Ideas for Senior Women Travelers We had such a great response to an earlier article about women traveling, particularly those who are ‘single’ travelers, that we want to share some more tips with you about making your trip more comfortable.// Some of us here at SCJ began experimenting with little things that add so much [...]
Women Enjoy World-Wide Travel Women increasingly are enjoying worldwide travel, sometimes solo and sometimes in groups. Some of us have no compunction about setting out by ourselves, and others of us have varying degrees of reticence. No matter how you categorize yourself, you need to remain aware that women are often targeted for crime because [...]
Heating Homes in the 1940s Since the loss of my father a few short weeks ago, memories have been flooding back from my childhood. Winter in northeast Iowa was, and still is, relentless.// We lived in an old drafty two-story home that was heated with a coal furnace. Every fall, an old man would pull [...]
A Relationship with Memories The editor of AARP The Magazine, Nancy Perry Graham, wrote about making memories in a recent edition. She wrote about a trip her mother, daughter and she took to New York City recently. Her final paragraph struck a chord with me: “The anxious and angry moments are fleeting; the mess from [...]
Senior Women Find More Freedom A friend recently took her adult daughter to Paris for a holiday. They took in a French culinary course and enjoyed touring the city. She is a senior citizen, as is her husband, who–although he loves to travel–is unable to do so any longer. So she has chosen to continue [...]
From Fashion to Language At my 50th high school class reunion last June, a fellow-classman gave me and my sisters the penultimate compliment; he was introducing me as the featured speaker for the banquet, and he asked me what he should say about me. I asked him what he remembered about me and my family; [...]
The Strain of Caregiving The caregiving stories, advice and tips available on the Internet help all us caregivers learn more about how to do our job better. Most of us want to do the best job we can taking care of our elderly loved ones. They were there for us when we were younger, and [...]
Seniors Learn About Superfoods Superfoods are those foods found in nature with high antioxidant levels, calorie sparse and nutrition dense. Learning to use them in meals as well as baked items helps senior citizens add them to their daily food intake.// So what are examples of some superfoods? Most experts on the Internet agree on [...]
Strange Coincidences for Victims of Breast Cancer The incidence of breast cancer continues to be a major health concern for women of all ages, and particularly senior women. We are concerned not only for ourselves, but for our daughters and grand-daughters. And although men are not immune to breast cancer, their risk is considerably less [...]
Canning – Once a Necessity Most of us senior women grew up in homes where our mothers and grandmothers canned fruits and vegetables in the autumn, with produce grown in family gardens during the summer. Canning was a necessity, because we didn’t have supermarkets with shelves and shelves of canned goods. We had small grocery [...]
