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American Voices --

Writer Pat Piper on America's Day of Infamy.
Glenn Hameroff Field Level Tickets.
Larry Lefkowitz recalls September 11th.
Greg Dobbs provides perspective through the smoke and rubble in New York.
New Yorker Jane Paznik-Bondarin writes about her beloved New York.
An unusual, upclose photo of the Pentagon after the attack.

Playing --

Savannah's fabulous beach - Tybee Island.
David Henderson's sailboat racing off the coast of Ireland.
Live Your Road Trip Dream.
Greg Dobbs' Guide to Australia
David Henderson's Scotland in November.
Kathleen Ganster - Fish Alaska
Bicycling around Victoria.
Steve Solomon - A comedian at mid-life.
Steve Solomon - The King of Boomers.
Paul Levin - Boomer Biker.
One or two, maybe, reasons to visit North Dakota.
Jerry Harpt - Via Feratta.
David Henderson - Washington's Cherry Blossoms.
Kathleen Ganster swims with Manatee.
Kenya's best known game park.
Trisha Britt Farrow -- Idaho's "Secret" Outdoor Wonderland.
David Henderson visits Ireland's Cliffs of Moher.
David Henderson rides his bike past Washington's monuments.
David Henderson spends some time at Alcatraz.
Winter vacationing in an RV.
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
Victoria's Sparkling Neighborhoods.
Exploring Borneo.
Chef Richard McKay on cooking knives.
Wild Weekend - Harley Girl's motorcycing adventures, part 2.
Kathleen Ganster tours beautiful beaches in the Virgin Islands.
The Olympic flame visits Main Street by Judie Najarian.
California's Monterey coast, by Judie Najarian.
Villefranche-sur-Mer, on the French Rivera.
David Henderson visits Kuwait.
Kathleen Ganster learns to skydive.
Carol Ellis - Meeting Bill Clinton.
Baby boomer multi-tasking.
Harley Girl's You Gotta Please Yourself.
London’s Winter and Hidden Pleasures.
"J.P.R." writes in his Canadian Wilderness Diary.
May is bicycle month.
Harley Girl's motorcycling adventures, part 1.
Great river rafting experiences
The Geezers of Summer
Bicycling the Rockies
Tybee Island, Savannah's beach. 
An Insider's Visit to London, part one.
The season of championship sports, and the best athletes.
An airline trip from hell in the Caribbean.
In the south of France, there is no better place than Avignon.
Fly fishing is attracting women in record numbers.
Judie Najarian: The allure and magic of a Rolls Royce.
Tips on learning to use snow shoes.
Frustration of lift lines in Europe.
Monoskiing - Leaving Youth Behind .
Harley Girl - Act Your #%& Age!
St. Maarten three cultures and two passports, on one island.
An Insider's Guide to London, part two.
A Bite from the Big Apple.
An Insider's Guide to Paris - BON VOYAGE, et BON APPETIT!
The MS-150 rideto benefit Multiple Sclerosis research.
Antarctica - the ultimate boomer adventure vacation.
Costa Rica - ideal exotic vacation or second home.
Granada - now a haven for Americans.
Galway - Ireland's ancient fun city.
Memorable bicycling through northern Virginia.
Getting the best out of California wine country.
U.S. Virgin Island - romantic paradise for a couple.

Living --

Remembering a civil rights great, Hosea Williams.
Betty Alexander on the Well Traveled Baby Boomer.
Paznik-Bondarin met an Ordinary Hero.
Jane Paznik-Bondarin finds that Some Things in Life Don’t Change.
Larry Lefkowitz: Can’t we all just Drive Together?
Larry Lefkowitz has become a Recycled Boomer.
Jane Paznik wrotes - Rest In Peace, Mr. Rose.
Diane Gross find Unconditional Affection.
Diane Gross - Lemon Will Always Be Sweet.
Teresa Flatley about "Shary and Bob's Excellent Adventure."
Richard McKay on drinking everyday wine.
Judie Najarian - Going Underground.
Robert Kaczenski writes about his Saturday Morning Heroes.
Julia Jones' essay on Living A Different Life.
Jane Paznik remembers 9/11.
Jane Paznik - vacationing at Thacher Island.
Timothy Dexter Latus lives a Tutti Frutti Life.
Marilee Menard shows us where to swim with dolphins.
Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards - The Daffodil Principle.
Nancy Smeltzer contemplates crows from her home in rural Maryland.
Nancy Smeltzer to start Musing on Flowers and Pain.
David Henderson visiting the National Storytelling Festival.
Diane Gross - Most Memorable Motorcycle Ride.
Diane Gross encourages a friend in his life and death fight with cancer.
Charlotte Tomic - the best and brightest of American culture.
Julianne Nardone discovers Dead Woman Walking.
Pat Piper's column, Stupid Is As Stupid Does.
Michael Petrie has had a Gump-like Life.
Harriett Welty on Christmas in Paris.
Judie Najarian - The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Teri Flatley wages war in the garden.
Steve Cohn - the 39th Street Safe House.
French Fried, The Culinary Capers of an American in Paris.
Varilux Boomer Watch survey shows We're Big and Diverse!
Mike Tolbert remembers baseball, the way it used to be.
Mike Deaver recalls his years with Ronald Reagan.
Hot tubs are 'hot' among boomers.
Boomers change careers and find a whole new life.
The season for reflection, when the aspens turn golden.
Personal insight and trauma with the mortality of losing hair.
Y2K compliant?  Get the answers.
A national survey finds that baby boomers are sexual active creatures.
Humorous perspective on the issue of ... resigning.
Whether to believe in TV weathermen.
Bad hair day and tomorrow, too.
The UNgraying of America.
The "Mecca" of home improvement.
The balance of natural is beautiful to behold.
Najarian: Growing up in Steinbeck country.
November 7 will be discussed in journalism classes for years to come.
Washington, DC's landmark chili parlor - The Hard Times Cafe.
Greg Dobbs's essay on steak, shrimp, cigars, boxing and Matisse.
Najarian: Redwood reverence along the California coast.
Has privacy become passe?.
Writer Petrene Soames on Valentine's Day.

Literary --

Christine Walker's "A Painter's Garden," part one.
Susanna Wilds - The Opening.
Eric Dezenhall - Shakedown Beach.
Andrea Orr - Online Dating.
Dan Arnold - The Great Bust Ahead.
John Laurence - The Cat From Hué .
Peggy Hanna - Patriotism, Peace and Vietnam.
Joan Rattner Heilman - Unbelievably Good Deals & Great Adventures.
Suzan Davis - Through Intercourse.
Peggy Williams - the nation’s Most Unlikely Tooth Fairy.
Judy Scheffler --Stretching Their Bounds.
Bob Kaz - Remembering Annette Funicello.
Brent Green - a Compassionate Society.
“Home and Away – Memoir of a Fan" by Scott Simon.
Allan Kolstein -- Everybody Should Quit at Least Once.
James Wolf's The Big Five-Oh, a 2nd excerpt.
Petrene Soames - Ready for 2002.
Alan Cohen -- Why Your Life Sucks and what you can do about it.
Pamela Smith - A baby boomer family.
Pamela Gayle Smith's poem The Lifespan of the Boomer Generation.
Balsamic Dreams: A Short but Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation.
Bob Norris' "Toraware," on a boomer living in Japan.
"Alice's Restaurant," about music icon Arlo Guthrie.
Millie Crace-Brown's "Queen of Hearts"
Susan Kirsch Duncan writes in Levittown -- The Way We Were.
Understanding the mysteries of small town America.
Perspective on being An American in Europe.
T. Jeff Williams - A Cambodian Odyssey.
"A Painter's Garden," part two.
Christine Walker's "A Painter's Garden," part three.
Susan Kirsch Duncan's 2nd excerpt from The Way We Were.
Nancy Smeltzer's story of a simple garden and an old house.
The life and troubled soul of singer Janis Joplin.
Excerpt from Don Noyes More's “California Boomer.”
James Wolf's Big Five-Oh Cafe.
A review of Maryann Miller's "Play It Again, Sam."
Review of Paul Clayton's book, "Carl Melcher Goes to Vietnam."
Susan Kirsch Duncan's The Way We Were, part 3.
Christine Walker's "A Painter's Garden," part four.
Mike Tolbert's essay about his grandson, Mack.

Money --

Shielding Your Estate from the Taxman, part I.
Debbie Burak about Pension Benefits.
Patricia Varley - 10 Tips to navigating the economy slump.
Al Thomas - think the stock market is on fire?
Al Thomas - losing money to make some.
Al Thomas - how your investments are influenced by The China Syndrome.
Al Thomas - Listen to the market, not your broker.
Al Thomas - thinking about your nest egg.
Al Thomas - the titans of industry who commit high crimes.
Al Thomas - understanding hunting for bargains in the market.
Al Thomas - Pension company "quack, quack."
Al Thomas - It's really a 'cub' market.
Al Thomas - it's an anxious time for the financial markets.
Al Thomas - A conventional look at investment markets.
Al Thomas - The New Bull Market.
Al Thomas - Coping with the downward market trend and dwindling retirement savings.
Al Thomas - What Prosperity Really Means.
Al Thomas - Ten Commandments of investing.
Dr. Caela Farren’s five steps to Better Your Career.
Rebalance and diversify in an uncertain world.
Financial research is useless.
How to create super wealth.
A millionaire's secret strategy, part one.
Technology's new generation of exec.
Shielding Your Estate, part II.
Shielding Your Estate from the tax man, part III.
A Millionaire’s Secret Low-Risk Investment Strategy.
Planning for a super second life, part I.
The folly of market timing.
Surviving Success: Managing the Challenges of Growth.
Market basic for entering the workforce.
Al Thomas - Spectulator or Investor.
Al Thomas - A View of the Market's Future.
Al Thomas - Investment Clubs are for Amateurs.
Al Thomas - What prosperity really means.

Relationships --

Men 201 & 301 - Widows Do Windows.
Jane Paznik-Bondarin -- Looking for Bobbi Gottlieb.
Allie Ochs - “Wow, Grandma Is Dating!”
Mark Brandenburg - Fathers and Small Things.
Jean Lawrence believes in Time Zone Babies.
Dan Sherman on misspent youth.
Larry Lefkowitz nostalgically looks backward.
West coast writer Mike Petrie's Perfect Weekend.
Judie Najarian's Grace On The Road.
Jane Paznik-Bondarin recalls her husband’s second most romantic gesture.
Petrene Soames on tradition and being together at St. Patrick's Day.
Carol Ellis - Watching parents grow old.
Larry Lefkowitz on Simpler Times.
Jane Bondarin-Paznik watches her daughter grow up.
Seeing Our Kids Grow Up, Summer Treasure.
Teens - Negotiating the Maze.
Andy Thompson runs an Online Dating Service.
Remembering My Father, from rage to redemption.
Back to your high school reunion.
Communication as the bedrock of relationships.
Create a life that tickles your soul.
Writer Susan Kirsch Duncan recalls memories of her mother in "An Angel's Kiss."
Answers to what troubles us about our troubled kids.
Maybe it's time to ease up on the French.
Friendship and the Wisdom of Ages.
My Janeless Decade, getting over it.
The Threshold of Midlife by Karen Kahn Wilson.
The Quest for Romance by Jane Gullong.
Men 101 - the struggle for relationships.
How to preserve your old and cherished family photos.
Online relationships for boomers.
Quality Time Over Quantity, Always.
Men Are Like Fish - vacations and romance.
Julia Jones - love comes in many forms.
Julia Jones - more broken hearts than anyone else.

Health --

Eating right with egg alternatives.
Latest chapter in Greg's health challenges, Awful and Amazing
Test Your Cholesterol Knowledge.
Dr. Cully Bryant's Total Body Wellness.
Cindy La Ferle about The Wrinkle Wars.
Laurey Boyd on What the Well-Heeled Woman is Wearing.
Laurey Boyd on Our Bodies, These Days.
Carol Ellis cancels her lipo suction.
Paul Clayton with Letting It All Hang Out.
Andrew Flach on effective Weight Loss.
Oils that are healthy for you.
Moss Greene -- valid research vs hype marketing
James Labadie has the secret of the Anti-Aging Miracle.
What To Eat To Keep Your Teeth.
Moss Greene has anutritional point of view about Appalling Diets
Baby boomers have some Pretty Bad Habits.
Mary Snyder writes about Long Term Care.
What to Do if You're Diagnosed with Heart Disease.
Taking care of your teeth as a boomer.
Celebrity cookbooks are recipes for poor health.
Mike Tolbert tells how when he gets down, he stays upbeat.
A bad cold and voice loss ... that lasts for months!
Putting nutrition into lunch.
Hearing loss among older boomers.
Meg Wolff's Story of Recovery.
Carmie Boutin's goal is Worth the Weight.
Mental well-being for boomers.
Vision loss can occur At Any Age.
Ways to deal with breast cancer.
New evidence about "good fat" from walnuts.
Presbyopia affecting eyesight impacts millions of boomers.
Cynthia Lee-Ryden writes in Denying Presbyopia.
Dr. Frederic Flach on Treating A Depressed Child.
Alternative medicine actually works.
Outliving acne.
The baby boomer health book.
Diminished Testosterone.

A La Carte --

Pat Piper's commentary on the new Bush administration.
Greg Dobbs on the Middle East - an exercise in bureaucracy.
Pat Piper writes about the "world's biggest Nit Wit.
Larry Lufkowitz - back to the future.
Tim Huckabee - The Simple Life.
Steve Solomon became a comedian in midlife.
Keeping a journal for a couple.
David Henderson - Washington's cherry blossoms.
Charlotte Tomic writes about online training.
Pete Perkins - ten years over the stern.
Steve Solomon - The King of baby boomers.
St. Patrick's Day celebration, 2003.
Mike Petrie pushes himself toward Christmas.
Todd Wisti on the World of James Herriot.
Conde Nast Traveler - survey of top 10 cities.
Scott Simon of National Public Radio, a celebrated boomer.
Larry Lefkowitz - starting over again and again.
Larry Lefkowitz on another birthday.
Greg Dobbs - great blizzard of 2003.
Greg Dobbs - being a journalist in Iran.
Greg Dobbs - the time when the kids move away.
Greg Dobbs - The dangers facing journalists in the Middle East.
Greg Dobbs - A journalist's adventure in Afganistan, part 1.
Greg Dobbs - A journalist's adventure in Afganistan, part 2.
Greg Dobbs - correspondent's journal, Afganistan, part 3.
Greg Dobbs - onslaught of junk email.
The Most Empty Place On Earth.
Mike Petrie - Swimming With A Beatle.
Fred Tanner - finding success in your professional life.
Visiting Ground Zero in New York City.
Living in New York after September 11th.
Veterans deserve their day.
Poem - Those Grand Boomers.
Remembering George Harrison.
Baby boomer nostalgia.
Honoring Veterans Day.
Pat Piper anticipates the first 100 days of the Bush administration.
Pat examines all the hoopla over the first 100 days.
Generational sterotypes, a survey.
Who do we baby boomers respect most?
ReFirement: A Boomer's Guide To Life After 50 by Dr. James Gambone.
Pat Piper's essay about Congressman Gary Condit's behavior.
FreeTrip is one of the best places to plan a trip online.
Professional photographer Ed Lallo explains digital photography.
David Henderson on how to make a perfect latte.

Marketplace --

Practical ideas on finding a point-and-shoot camera.
Active baby boomer retirement.
Luxury times at The Homestead.
A quaint village in Provence called Moustiers, known for its china.