Category Archives: Baby Boomers

Gifts of Experience For Christmas and Other Gift Giving Days

Gifts of Experience are in. Boring gifts that kids play with for 10 minutes, lose interest in and are left to clutter the house (and wasting money) are so ‘yesterday’. Gifts of Experience build memories family members will cherish for … Continue reading

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AMAZON’S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET

Amazon and E-bay are NOT always the cheapest places to buy! Their prices aren’t that low according to Clark Howard who uses wish.com , geek.wish. com,  and 6pm.com which helped him buy $90 sneakers for $20.    BEWARE OF “RETAIL … Continue reading

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HEALTH BENEFITS OF LAUGHTER

Seventy percent of disease processes are directly related to stress,  which triggers hormones that suppress the immune system,  raise blood pressure and can lead to fatal obstructions in arteries. Cortisol and adrenaline are activated during times of stress, hostility and … Continue reading

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Volunteer Work Can Open Doors

Doctors and psychotherapists have long observed that those who help others tend to enjoy healthier, happier lives. Often those who have been helped want to do something in return, preferring a hand up, to a hand out. Feeling needed and … Continue reading

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Tulsa Botanic Garden- Beauty of Osage Hills

Emily Ramsey wrote a very nice article about the  Floral Terrace at the Tulsa Botanic Garden, which was completed in October, 2015. “The A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Floral Terrace is a 3.5-acre garden set on a hillside that overlooks the seven-acre … Continue reading

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