Lifelong friendships take joyous effort
Last night I called to wish an old friend in Arizona a happy birthday. We’ve been friends since the early years of grade school and, being the older by two weeks, I always enjoy calling to rub it that she is now just as old as I am. She always tells me to visualize how…
Taking a pass on parents’ possessions
Estate sales line up yesteryear’s valuables: china, silver, collectibles, oak furniture, 1980s geese decor. Increasingly, adult children of aging parents don’t want – or can’t fit – all that stuff. “It is so common now,” said DeAnne Wilfong, senior move manager and co-owner of Smooth Transitions in Spokane. “The kids were raised on Ikea, Martha…
Wandering Kentucky bourbon country
Just as Dorothy followed the yellow brick road, bourbon neophytes and aficionados alike can pursue a similarly storied path: the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Both lead to a world of magic and mystery, adventure and pure awesomeness – and to the Master Distillers who control the levers, so to speak, behind the curtain. The first steps…
A second act as a tour guide
Timi’s Tours has become synonymous with quality travel and opportunities for seniors and travelers of all ages to see the sights of their dreams. Timi’s Tours has been providing trips officially since 2006 when they offered a trip to see Menopause the Musical. Timi Kaufman, owner and founder of Timi’s Tours, said, “The response was…
All calories are not equal
Food guidelines may sound challenging at first – no processed food, no sugar, no grains and no dairy. No snacking in between meals, and finish eating two hours before bedtime. All calories are not equal, and the combination of foods is important. Meals should be balanced with 30 percent protein (meats, fish, fowl, eggs), 30…
Living in the fast(ing) lane
Walk into CrossFit Instinct, and you will see people doing high-intensity workouts. However, CrossFit Instinct Coach Mike Suhadolnik is the first to say that losing weight and getting in shape involves 20 percent exercise and 80 percent what you eat and drink. People may spend an hour in the gym, but what they do the…
Lighten up
What’s your clutter? Boxes of 30-, 40-, 50-year-old receipts and records? A set of dishes unused for years, but given to you by your mother’s best friend for your first apartment? Your kids’ outgrown bicycles that their kids might use someday? Two extra sizes of clothes, just in case? Depending on who you are, what…
