As an older woman, I find buying pants lately a challenge. I don’t like low-rise pants and I’m not fond of skinny leg pants either. For a while, I was able to go to Macy’s and get Charter brand pants that I liked. However, even most of the Charter brand... Read more →
April is a great month. It starts with spring and April Fools’ Day, moves to National Beer Day, World Health Day, and National Empanada Day, rushes to Tax Day, then Earth Day, and ends with Easter and Arbor Day. Baby boomers are in a reflective mood as April begins: Tom... Read more →
Interline Brands is recalling about 140,000 ProPlus brass flare swivel fittings. The fittings can leak, posing a fire hazard. Interline has received two reports of the swivels leaking when installation. This recall involves multiple sizes of ProPlus brass flare swivel fittings used as connectors for copper tubing. The brass, gold-colored... Read more →
The wildflowers are blooming like crazy in Southern California due to the unusually heavy rains and mountain snows. And, so many people were flocking to see the blooming hillsides that local officials had to close down some areas because the flowers were being trampled. Rebecca Olkowski of BabyBoomster gives us... Read more →
By Sean M. Cleary, Attorney, The Law Offices of Sean M. Cleary Guest Blogger Some parents already know the importance of swimming safety, especially for young children. Unfortunately, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the reality is, one in five people who die from drowning is under... Read more →
Spring is here. I went on a cruise for seven days, and when I got back, the deciduous tree in my yard was beginning to leaf out. I’ve seen people out already working in their yards. What’s a good plan for spring yard work? Do clean up. Rake up the... Read more →
The Trump administration violated the law when it rolled back nutrition standards for school meals, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court. The violations occurred when the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a final rule that weakens nutrition standards on the amount of whole grains and sodium served... Read more →
Equal Pay Day symbolizes how far into the year women need to work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Equal Pay Day was created by the National Committee on Pay Equity in 1996 to make the public aware of the gap between men's and women's wages. Since... Read more →
While my baby boomer colleagues were busy writing articles at home, I was on a seven-day cruise in the Caribbean. It was fantastic. The weather was good, the food fantastic, the excursions interesting, and the seas not too heavy. I’ll be writing about how to pick out a cruise and... Read more →
Do you enjoy pulling jokes on April Fools’ Day? I’m a fairly serious person, but I’ve pulled a few good jokes or two. While April Fools’ Day jokes are fun, they can sometimes be in poor taste or hurt someone. For example, don’t threaten anyone, pull the fire alarm at... Read more →