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Aging, General

 2 records found

An Ode to Being Old by Brad Stulllberg / Outside


(December 4, 2021)
On the harder-to-measure benefits of age and experience…
Topics: Change • Learning • Optimal Aging • Wellness • Wisdom


'It is what it is' by Ken Potts


(September 15, 2019)
The truth behind the phrase…
Topics: Change • Communication • Language, Meaning • Metaphors, Life Lessons • Relationships



Communication

 1 record found

When Did Americans Lose Their British Accents? by Matt Soniak / Pocket


(December 11, 2021)
The absence of audio recording technology makes 'when' a tough question to answer. But there are some theories as to 'why'…
Topics: Change • History • Language, Meaning • Trends



General

 3 records found

Many States Moving Away from Embosed License Plates by Rob Stump / TheDrive


(September 23, 2023)
If you live in Colorado and any of the twenty or so other states moving to printed license plates, you may have to trade in your old plates…
Topics: Change • Current Events, News • New Year's • Technology • Transportation • Trends


You Make Me Happy When Skies are Gray by Garrison Keillor


(January 1, 2022)
Welcome progress observed at my last visit to the dentist…
Topics: Change • Contemplation, Insight • COVID-19 • Holidays • Holiday Season • Hopes & Dreams • Humor • New Year's


It's Time for Americans to Buy Less Stuff by Terry Nguyen / Vox


(October 29, 2021)
Thanks to the supply chain crisis, holiday shopping won't be easy this year—even if you buy early…
Topics: Advertising • Change • Cost of Living • COVID-19 • Crisis • Current Events, News • Ethics & Morality • Financial • Holidays • Holiday Season • Lifestyle, General • Opportunity • Social Issues • Technology



Health & Wellness

 1 record found

Normal? by Leona Bergstrom


(September 3, 2021)
Anything but…
Topics: Change • Coping • COVID-19 • Hopes & Dreams • Learning • Opportunity • Optimal Aging • Social Issues • Stress • Wellness



History

 2 records found

An Idea, Probably Wrong, but It is an Idea by Garrison Keillor


(November 10, 2022)
I’m not nostalgic for those days long passed, I simply feel that you young people need to know some history…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Change • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • History • Memories • Social Movements • Values


World War Eleven submitted by Charlie Matthews


(October 22, 2021)
A history lesson…
Topics: Change • History • Knowledge • Social Issues • Veterans • War



Holidays

 4 records found

Five Ways to Do Good on MLK Day by Ryan Bergeron / CNN


(January 13, 2024)
Reflecting on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. can lead to good deeds on MLK Day…
Topics: Change • Civility • Contemplation, Insight • History • Holidays • Opportunity • Service • Social Issues • Social Movements


Our Plans for Christmas and Why by Garrison Keillor


(December 21, 2023)
So our little trio is going to sea and my New Year’s resolution, as the ship heads back to New York, is to be grateful for life itself and love and friendship…
Topics: Change • Christmas • Generosity • Gratitute • Holidays • Holiday Season • Humor • Memories • Optimal Aging • Relationships


United States of Diversity by Michael Barnone / Washington Examiner


(July 4, 2022)
The Founders and Dobbs…
Topics: Change • Character, Integrity • Diversity & Pluralism • Government • History • Holidays • July 4 (U.S. Independence Day) • Racism and Inequality • Social Issues


Martin Luther King Jr.'s Ten Commandments for Cultural Change by James N. Watkins


(January 18, 2016)
Celebrating the hope for cultural change that Martin Luther King, Jr. preached in word and deed…
Topics: Change • Civility • Faith • History • Holidays • Hopes & Dreams • Social Movements



Life Events

 17 records found

Flaoting Down the Canyon Through the Rapids by Garrison Keillor


(February 29, 2024)
I accept change, even some changes that pain me. In that respect, life is not unlike rafting through fhe Grand Canyon with calm pools between the boiling rapids…
Topics: Change • Character, Integrity • Choices and Decision Making • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Humor • Learning • Lifestyle, General • Optimal Aging • Trends


Enough About Them, This is About Me by Garrison Keillor


(August 3, 2023)
I turn 81 in a few days and I intend to spend my remaining time looking at beautiful things, starting with my wife, and enjoying music and comedy and theater and the writing of writers who make me happy.…
Topics: Beliefs • Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) • Change • Contemplation, Insight • Optimal Aging • Relationships


The Art of Leaving Home by Garrison Keillor


(July 27, 2023)
The pleasure of moving is the excavation of the past. I open a box and here's a photo of my fifth-grade class, the eager neatly-combed-and-dressed boy with glasses is me. I am still that eager boy, heavier but anxious to do well…
Topics: Change • Contemplation, Insight • Hopes & Dreams • Humor • Memories • Optimal Aging


Canada is Burning, But We're Doing Okay by Garrison Keillor


(July 13, 2023)
And so I set aside the past and retreat into the present and take pleasure in the morning coffee, the granola with berries, the appearance of She Whom I Love . . . there is serenity to be found and freedom from the vast treasury of available anxiety.
Topics: Change • Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Disaster • News


Burying Your One Great Life by Leona Bergstrom


(February 11, 2023)
A scene in the December 2022 movie "Puss in Boots: Last Wish" captures how many Boomers feel as they transition into retirement. Many feel they are burying their identity—their essence—their purpose…
Topics: Change • Choices and Decision Making • Lifestyle, General • Media • Movies • Optimal Aging • Planning • Retirement


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News & Current Events

 6 records found

Pull Up Your Socks, People, Let's Get Going! by Garrison Keillor


(February 22, 2024)
The country needs something marvelous and fascinating to disperse the current gloom…
Topics: Change • History • Humor • Politics • Technology • Travel • Trends


Is it Really Hotter Now than Any Time in 100,000 Years? by Darrell Kauffman / The Conversation


(July 28, 2023)
Recent heat waves underscore Earth’s new climate state while revealing a fascinating history…
Topics: Change • Coping • Crisis • Current Events, News • History • Nature • News • Research • Science & Technology • Weather


Gay Pride Prompts Sad, Shameful Aniomisty by James N. Watkins


(June 16, 2023)
May I offer a compromise to the sad and shameful animosity between those celebrating June as “Gay Pride Month” and those who believe that homosexuality is a moral “abomination.”
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Change • Communication • Current Events, News • News • Relationships • Social Issues • Social Movements


Where Are Those Christmas Presents? by Rebecca Heilweil / Vox


(December 18, 2021)
The history of the metal box that's wrecking the supply chain…
Topics: Business • Change • Christmas • COVID-19 • Crisis • Current Events, News • History • Holidays • Holiday Season • News • Trends


No Revision Needed by George Garrison


(May 15, 2020)
Finding reliable information in the age of COVID-19…
Topics: Bible • Change • COVID-19 • Crisis • Current Events, News • Media • News • Trust


Coronavirus: Revival or Revolution? by James N. Watkins


(May 8, 2020)
What will the crisis bring?…
Topics: Change • COVID-19 • Crisis • Current Events, News • Faith • Future • News • Social Issues



Relationships

 1 record found

On the Phone with My People by Garrison Keillor


(November 9, 2023)
These are true Minnesotans, stalwarts, stoics, not summer soldiers, and the thought of decamping for the Florida swamps or the Arizona desert is for them something like gender transition or conversion to Zen Lutheranism, something to be postponed…
Topics: Change • Character, Integrity • Contemplation, Insight • Family • Memories • Relationships



Travel

 1 record found

A Letter from Greenville S.C. by Garrison Keillor


(April 4, 2024)
I am comfortable in the South. I'm okay with not talking politics with crazy people. Yes, in the rural areas, they display the Confederate flag, but Ive got junk in my closet too…
Topics: Change • Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Travel



Trends

 2 records found

So Much is Known but Mystery Remains by Garrison Keillor


(February 23, 2023)
We've learned something about privacy lately, namely that it doesn't exactly exist…
Topics: Change • Computers (and other Digital devices) • Social Issues • Technology • Trends


New Storm Rising by Richard Bergstrom


(October 2, 2021)
When the cold front of demographics meets the warm front of unrealized dreams…
Topics: Change • Coping • Demographics • Trends