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    By Louise Applebome   Here’s a resolution for the New Year that I’m guessing may not have made it onto your list: Embrace instability.    If there isn’t imbalance and instability in our lives, how would we know when we’re in better balance? We need the fluctuations. And, they cannot…

    — Instability: A Good Thing? By Louise Applebome

    By Lance A. Slatton   Caregiving is an important public health issue and impacts the quality of life of millions of individuals in the United States and across the globe. Caregivers provide critical care and assistance with another person’s social, personal, or health needs and are often unpaid family members…

    — Home Care: What’s Essential And What’s A “Luxury” By Lance A. Slatton

    By Alice Herb   For what seems like a very long time, I have been dismayed- though more accurately depressed- by the state of world affairs. I’ve struggled to figure out what I, at my advanced age, could do about it. I can vote, I can donate to causes I…

    — Been There, Done That: Nine Decades And Counting By Alice Herb: The World Is A Mess

    Abigail, Daisy & Moon By Alice Herb   I thought it might be time to celebrate the light and happy companions and events that have been a part of our lives over the years. These beings are certainly not all human and I want to acknowledge some very special four-legged…

    — Been There, Done That: Nine Decades And Counting By Alice Herb: Abigail, Daisy & Moon

    By Renee Langmuir   I have been retired for six years. One of my greatest accomplishments, that no one in particular would applaud, is the greatly improved quality of my home cooking. This less-than-astonishing fact benefits just a few: my husband and me and the occasional guests to our home….

    — Elevating Your Home Cooking: An Embarrassment Of Riches By Renee Langmuir

    By Kristina Lubofsky   My Grandpa Fred loved the holidays. He would sit at the head of our Christmas dinner table, gesture to everyone, and say “Gee, isn’t this wonderful, us all together like this?” It wasn’t about the gifts, the decorations, or even the food: It was about us…

    — Home For The Holidays: Spending The Holiday Season With Your Loved One With Dementia By Kristina Lubofsky