By Cindy Phillips posted May 2, 2012 If you picked up superstitions or old wives tales from your parents or grandparents, you may believe that some life events happen in threes – one of them being death. I am holding […]
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The Day the Monkee Died
By Cindy Phillips updated Wed, Mar 7, 2012 09:15 AM As I write this column, news of Davy Jones death is about 24 hours old. Boomers get a dose of reality each time a music legend passes away. The day […]
Off-line dating: How did we meet boys before the internet?
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]