A glance at digital trends shows the potential for more stuff stored electronically is not going anywhere soon. The number of internet users is increasing by an average of 1 million per day, per the Global Digital 2019 report by WeAreSocial. Online vis… Continue reading
During a dinner party, friends mentioned they were going to China. It was a 10-day, dirt-cheap, fully-guided, all-inclusive trip — and there were still spaces available. I’d never had the country on my bucket list, but when my husband said “I’ve always… Continue reading
I’ve spent three decades of my life in a wheelchair. I know firsthand that my situation can be disconcerting to others. People tend to either completely ignore me or overcompensate by saying and doing things that make everyone uncomfortable. Here are s… Continue reading
With age comes wisdom. Also, a Medicare card. “What’s the big deal? I filled out your AARP paperwork for you,” my husband Marc says. He’s being practical, trying to fix things the way guys like to do, while I’d rather talk about my feelings. I’m sure t… Continue reading
Below the surface, the internet you recognize and use for your browsing is a shadowy, digital netherworld. According to a report by Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime is projected to cost the world more than $6 trillion annually by 2021. At the heart o… Continue reading
If you are on Instagram, chances are good that you’ve come across Silver Disobedience (@SilverDisobedience) blog posts featuring model and 50+ influencer Dian Griesel. In fact, you may be one of her 167,000 followers. In images shot in multiple locatio… Continue reading
My husband’s mother, Rebecca Frank Rikleen, celebrated her 96th birthday on Halloween, but likely did not have a lot of time for festivities. Most days, she walks down the steep hill behind the rent-controlled New York City apartment where she’s lived … Continue reading
Perhaps it was good fortune that turned our children into creative individuals, but I’d like to think my spouse and I had a hand in it, too. Here are our 10 words of wisdom for parents, as well as for grandparents: 1. Encourage. My relationship with ou… Continue reading
“Time to open Christmas presents,” I shouted after our family finished our holiday feast. “Penny first.” We all rushed into my parents’ living room and watched their precocious puppy rip open her package, carefully wrapped in red and green striped pape… Continue reading
(Editor’s Note: PBS will air the premiere of QUILTS, a new episode of the Peabody-Award winning series Craft in America, on Friday, December 27, 2019. Check local listings for details.) It’s Friday afternoon at Senior Court, a public housing complex in… Continue reading