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In the 60s, my father was a crew cut-sporting, hippie-hating Nixon supporter. I was a long-haired, Vietnam War-protesting adolescent. The only times we seemed to be able to come together was through our love of live music. I’m grateful for the opportunities he provided for me to experience many of the great jazz legends, including […]

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Breakfast Optimist ClubMar 17, 24, 31, Apr 7, 14, 21, 28, 7am Fri. Every Friday. Visitors welcome. 546-5021. Atonement Lutheran Church, 2800 W. Jefferson St., 546-7646.Peacemaking in a Post-Truth WorldMar 18, 8:30am-3pm. Seminar on the application of René Girard’s mimetic theory to praying with and preaching the Judeo-Christian texts. $40. Registration. springfieldop.org/bible-strategies. Sacred Heart Convent, […]

My father’s mantra has always been, “No one can run 26.2 miles. It’s impossible.” He ran his first marathon more 30 years ago, before I was born. Still it was a message that he, Dr. Terry Jones of Springfield, now 60, repeated countless times throughout my childhood – even as I watched him run the […]

Emily Brandon, 34, a senior editor at U.S. News & World Report, knows far more about retirement issues than most people twice her age. She has spent the past 10 years writing about retirement programs, savings and related topics for the magazine. She began such coverage when working for Consumer Reports during the launch of […]

There’s plenty going on for area seniors these days, with more all the time. Every month, hundreds of active, imaginative seniors meet to eat, explore interesting places in and around Springfield, play sports, travel and much more. They are the members and friends of Lincoln Land Community College’s Academy of Lifelong Learning (A.L.L.), and they’re […]

There’s no one right answer for women who wonder if their sex life is normal in their midlife years, and there are Pittsburgh doctors who say they can prove it. In an attempt to go beyond surveys of the sex lives of women in their 40s and 50s, physician Holly Thomas, women’s health researcher at […]

Randy Held rises at 4:30 a.m. to complete his workouts at the YMCA, and he feels energized for the rest of the day. PHOTO BY JENNIFER SNOPKO, SPRINGFIELD, YMCA Walk through the doors at either of our Springfield YMCA locations and take a look around. You’ll see people from all walks of life interacting, sipping […]

A fully loaded 16-passenger raft is dwarfed by the vastness of the Grand Canyon. PHOTO BY KAREN A. WITTER Awesome is now a commonly used word to describe just about anything that is nice, good or enjoyable. But, Webster’s dictionary defines awesome as causing feelings of fear and wonder and feelings of awe. Awe means […]

Disrupt Aging: a Bold New Path to Living your Best Life at Any Age, by Jo Ann Jenkins with Boe Workman. Public Affairs: 2016, 237 pages. “At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.” –Maya Angelou Disrupt Aging serves as both a declaration of middle-aged and senior […]

Craig Backs explains his motivation: “I exercise and eat a more healthy diet so I can be a more effective example to my patients, my colleagues and my community.” PHOTO BY PATRICK YEAGLE I recently participated in a webinar on “motivational interviewing.” Motivational interviewing seeks to identify an individual’s “why” and enable and guide them […]