By Grant Emrick Grant and Lynn Emrick “What will I do with myself?” I asked my wife, Lynn. By now I was almost 75 years old and retirement discussions were becoming more frequent. Lynn had retired and she wanted me to retire so that we could spend our “golden years” together. She was planning a 75th birthday party and [...]
Applications are being accepted for the Ms. North Carolina Senior America 2015 Pageant. Women who have reached the “Age of Elegance” 60 years and older, and have resided in North Carolina for the past three months are eligible to enter. Contestants will compete in the following categories: Interview (5 minutes), Philosophy of Life (35 seconds or less), Talent (2:45 Min. [...]
Just off the press, “Official 2015 North Carolina Travel Guide,” offers two covers, one that captures the picturesque charms of Manteo, the other reflecting the monumental history of Bentonville Battlefield at the end of the Civil War. Trails unfold across 172 pages in an award-winning presentation of vivid photographs and tidy blocks of text. “The Travel Guide embodies what makes [...]
Are you at a point in your life where you are asking, “What’s next?” You have finished one chapter, and you have yet to write the next one. Many seniors face these transitions at midlife, but they can happen to anyone at any stage. It’s a time of great potential, defining a whole new phase of life. It˙s called Life [...]
Don McKinney Three years ago in an interview with The Retirement Resource Guide, Don McKinney mentioned he would like to work on a mystery novel he had begun many years ago. As a resident of Raleigh’s Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community, he was continuing to write, but monthly book reviews and editing Springmoor’s newsletter might leave time to finish his [...]
Dr. Burns Jones Dr. Burns Jones, a resident of Croasdaile Village with his wife, Marcia, is a prime example of A Life Reimagined. Born in Alabama, he grew up in Beaufort, SC, where he developed an early love of history. Feeling a need, endemic to many Americans,to serve a wider purpose, he postponed the pursuit of history for a medical [...]
Snowshoe Mountain opened for its 41st season in November with a Thanksgiving-to-Easter calendar, marking the longest announced season schedule in a decade. Ranked by Ski Magazine readers as a 2015 Top Ten Resort in the East for lodging and après-ski activities, the ski resort is building on the momentum of back-to-back big snow seasons, powerful enhancements to the resort’s snowmaking [...]
A recent article in the Journal of Archaeological Science reports the discovery of the world’s earliest known wine-making operation by a joint Armenian-American-Irish expedition in Armenia. The well-preserved remains were found in an Armenian cave about 60 miles from Mount Ararat, the traditional site of the Biblical Ark. A dry, consistent temperature and a layer of sheep dung in the [...]
From John Cleese The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have, therefore, raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” (The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran [...]
By Jan McDiarmid, Cruise Planners Cruise & Land Specialist There really isn’t anywhere more beautiful than Holland and Belgium in the spring, when the tulips are in full glorious bloom. What better way to see them than on a fabulous river cruise? I was excited to hear that Uniworld was introducing a new Holland and Belgium at Tulip Time itinerary for [...]
