Category: Travel and Education for Seniors
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Creativity is innate. I read somewhere that everyone is born with a certain amount of creativity, but most either don’t recognize it, or they have had to put it aside until later, much later. The shame of it all is that somewhere along the line thoughts of “not being good enough” creeps in, and creativity…
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Yes, seniors need vacations too. Whether visiting family or just looking for time away, a change of pace could be just what the doctor ordered. More and more Seniors are packing their bags and hitting the roads to tour America. Granted, car trips are not always fun, but if you plan ahead and take your…
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The Second Time Around Retirement and travel go together. You finally have time to visit, or revisit, places that you have been dreaming about for years. It is great fun at first, but often too exhausting to be fully appreciated. After a few trips you may be rethinking the whole idea; simple activities like carrying…
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The holidays are right around the corner. For many of you this means you will be away from home visiting family and friends. My cousin and her husband fly from the Wisconsin to Virginia two-three times a year for family visits, and enjoy RV trips during the summer months. I considered them “seasoned senior travelers.”…
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Researching family history is not only interesting but important. Seniors often take on the task of researching the “family tree” and happily share their information with others. If you are interested in genealogy you are probably eager to begin, but take your time and put first things first. Start by researching your family medical history.…
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The world is an exciting place, but it gets harder and harder to keep up with everything. Remember the old saying “stop the world, I want to get off?” This is not going to happen; the world is not going to stop or even wait for you. You might remember the days when problems of…
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What will you get for Christmas this year? Seniors have a self effacing habit of telling everyone that they don’t need or want anything, and then feel slighted when they don’t get the “good stuff” they want or deserve. You have nobody to blame but yourself if the fancy wrapped packages under the tree contain…
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What do you think about taking the bus? Americans love to drive. You probably remember your first car. It’s too bad that driving isn’t as much fun as it used to be. Gone are the days when entire families would pile into the car for a Sunday afternoon drive. They don’t do that anymore. Its…
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Collecting items of interest can be a great deal of fun, but the new emphasize on downsizing makes it a little more difficult. It is up to you to decide what is truly a collectable and what is junk. Whether you collect dolls, salt and pepper shakers, stamps, sea shells or cars, you want your…
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Every five years, or thereabouts, we would pack up our belongings and moved to another town, another state, or more likely than not across the country. The first thing I would do when settling into a new town would be to find the public library. It made me feel at home; the library was, and…