By Cindy Phillips updated Wed, Feb 22, 2012 10:43 AM Online dating is big business that continues to gain popularity at a rapid pace. Sites like Match.com and eHarmony promise to help you find your soulmate by cross-referencing likes, dislikes […]
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Time flies – Even when you’re not having fun
By Cindy Phillips updated Wed, Feb 8, 2012 12:08 PM A friend recently compared getting old to a roll of toilet paper – the closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes. What a wonderful analogy about how […]
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It’s a small world until it comes to the Buffets
By Cindy Phillips updated Fri, Jan 13, 2012 01:22 PM I was raised by a single mom who mastered the art of stretching a dollar. She would buy a whole chicken and roast it to perfection for a Sunday dinner, […]
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I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date
by Cindy Phillips updated Wed, Nov 2, 2011 01:14 PM This Sunday, November 6, marks the end of 2011’s daylight savings time period. It began on March 13th when we all turned our clocks ahead by one hour. This Sunday, […]
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A Hard Day’s Night
by Cindy Phillips updated Wed, Oct 19, 2011 07:50 AM I read the news today, oh boy. Paul McCartney wed Nancy Shevell. I have to admit, here I am 57 years old and I actually felt my heart drop a […]
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Getting Less Trashy
by Cindy Phillips updated Tue, Sep 20, 2011 10:01 AM I am very familiar with the sound of a dumpster being emptied. At our business in Vermont, the living quarters are directly above the dumpster pad. Where I stay in […]
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They taught our children well
By Cindy Phillips updated Fri, Jun 27, 2014 11:03 AM Schools are letting out for the summer and I expect for most teachers, it can’t come soon enough. Violence in schools has become far too common an occurrence. It wasn’t […]
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It happens to the best of us
By Cindy Phillips updated Wed, Apr 30, 2014 11:12 PM A friend recently referred to me as “a nostalgic old fool.” I wasn’t insulted. For a Boomer it’s pretty much our right of passage. As we close in on the […]
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Sometimes coming full circle is a good thing
By Cindy Phillips updated Thu, Jan 9, 2014 01:49 PM I just moved into a new home. I did it two days after Christmas which was not the best timing, but it saved me a boatload of money that can […]
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Treasuring old friendships: The Old Lange Sign
By Cindy Phillips updated Wed, Dec 28, 2011 08:50 AM We Boomers have all heard the story of how many people thought the lyrics in the Creedence Clearwater song, Bad Moon Rising, actually talked about “the bathroom’s on the right.” […]