Butler Has The Jeep… and much more for Senior Visitors Butler, PA has been selected as one of the 20 Best Small Towns in America by Smithsonian Magazine. In fact it rated #7 on the listing of the best towns with a population under 20,000 (see below). With a population of 13,800 and the seat [...]
I’ve just made a major decision to change a long-standing tradition in my life: I’m not going to cook Thanksgiving Dinner next week. Cooking is traditionally ‘woman’s work’, and I bought in to that tradition many years ago. I don’t care to stop and count the number of turkeys I’ve roasted over the years, the [...]
Arizona’s nickname “The Grand Canyon State” celebrates its most famous natural feature, the Grand Canyon. Arizona’s other nickname “Copper State” celebrates its fabulous mineral wealth. First-time visitors will find a wide array of things to do that will peak your senses with this One Stop URL. Arizona is famous for the Sonoran Desert loaded with giant [...]
Just as the rumblings seemed to have slowed a bit, another disaster strikes. This time it comes from the bottom of the ocean, simultaneous with the sliding of the stock market, the continuing, and now seeming endless, war in Afghanistan, the upheavals of every variety and kind, including high unemployment. Having an optimistic attitude suffers from the need to know what is going on in the world. News sources pump out the fissures and fractures which seem to grow by leaps and bounds. Either ignoring all this, adopting an attitude that just blames someone or something else may work for some. It doesn’t seem to solve anything, nor does it reduce the crescendo of rising frustration.
Here are some ways to begin stablilizing your own sense of equanamity in the face of the multiplied crises affecting us all:
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I’ve come across some great travel blogs. Here they are! Travel Blog Sites is the granddaddy of them all. The primary sites are ranked and updated weekly. They ranked the 100 most popular sites starting with http://everything-everywhere.com/. Danny Choo ranked second and the next three are Nomadic Matt Chris Elliot and Travel With a Purpose [...]
