Archive for Humor
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Aging and You
By Julie Arndt Marketing Director at Ridgecrest Village Take a moment to reflect and look forward to opportunities for the future. It is the most wonderful time of the year…just like the Andy Williams song dubbed it. It truly is a magical time that tends to bring out the best of us. Personal...
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Your Advocacy Connection
We Solve Long Term Care Problems Why Spend Down Needlessly? By Gail Glockhoff-Long GolderCare Solutions Benefits Advocate We hear from people all the time about how their helpful and well-intentioned attorney, social service agency, or nursing home staff gave them advise on how to spend dow...
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Just Saying…
A Closer Look at Christmas Presents By Q.C. Jones Last week a group of friends from my high school days shared some thoughts on Christmas/Holiday gifts. The main driver of the conversation revolved around this seemingly simple question: What should we be doing for Christmas gifts this year? Long ...
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Flu and Older Adults
From Milestones Agency on Aging The best way to protect against the flu and its potentially serious complications is with an annual flu vaccine. Flu vaccination has many benefits. It has been shown to reduce the risk of getting sick with the flu and to lessen the likelihood of severe outcomes, wh...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. New Year’s: 2024 Greets 2025 New Year’s Day is not my day, A day where I have zip to say, For the day before was my last, And sadly, my year is now past. To Auld Lang Syne all now sing, Let the joy of the N...
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Just Saying…
On the Road: A Thanksgiving Adventure By Q.C. Jones As strange as it may sound when applied to today’s views on personal safety, in my younger days I viewed hitchhiking as a mode of transportation. This habit began innocently enough at about age 12 with rides from my family’s home in the coun...
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Just Saying…
Monsters I Have Known and Loved By Q.C. Jones Let’s face it, October is a spooky month. Sitting in my little hovel perched high atop the hills overlooking the Village of East Davenport and thinking about this month, my train of thought keeps jumping the tracks and crashing into Halloween. This m...
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Just Saying…
Salmon Shorts, Affluence, and Opulent Wealth By Q.C. Jones A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interact with several 20-somethings. Along the way I made a startling discovery regarding the concept of wealth, or at least letting its presence be known. After a hundred years and five generatio...
