Be patient, it’s worth it — I’ve done computer training in over-55 communities, and although it is sometimes frustrating, it is also rewarding. Most Boomers, especially those over seventy, have not embraced technology. They don’t like it and don’t trust it. On the other hand, they understand that they may be missing out on photos of…

And it was worth it — I come by being an alcoholic, honestly, thanks to my father. According to the experts, less than half of alcoholics’ children become alcoholics themselves. My sister is one who didn’t; I’m one who did. …

How to tell you’re not 34 any more. — At each of the big birthdays, the ones that end in zero, you cross an unseen border. At 50, you have officially entered middle age. The first time my husband and I bought a condo in an over-55 community, I waited for someone to say I didn’t look 55. Anyone…

Anne Beatts proved him wrong — Anne Beatts, a writer and comedian, died in April of this year. She was not only brilliantly funny, a writer in the great early days of Saturday Night Live, but she was also generous and a trailblazer for women’s humor. I am grateful I had the opportunity to meet her…

Linda Stein’s shocking murder Linda Stein 62-year-old Linda Stein was a big fish in the big pond of New York City real estate. Her ex-husband, Seymour Stein, had been an executive in a record company so she was friendly with stars like Sting and Madonna. She had started managing rock groups like…

I refuse to declutter. Or organize my pantry — Women’s magazines exhort us to improve There are a few things I’ve decided I will not do. I am not going to declutter. Or simplify my home. Or get nice jars for my pantry. Or do any of the many improvements that women’s magazines recommend. What bothers me about the messages on the covers of these…

You decide — Robie Drake’s Story In 1981, in a Buffalo suburb, 17-year-old Robie Drake fired a gun into a car killing the two teenagers inside. There was no doubt he did it, the police caught him with one of the bodies. Drake claimed it was an accident, not intentional, and that he didn’t know anyone…

Easy and fun to do I have loved Google Keep since I first discovered it on my new Chromebook. I’m a big fan of free, and an even bigger fan of simple. I’ve experimented with tons of reminder and note-taking apps, Keep is both, and always come back to it…

And it has nothing to do with the iconic swimsuit… Truman wants to test After the end of WWII, the use of atomic weapons was on President S. Truman’s (D-Missouri) mind. He’d ordered the atomic bombs to be dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now Truman wanted to know what else the bomb could do…