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46. Why Do We Write Memoir?

46. Why Do We Write Memoir?

These grey February days are “the dead of winter” as we used to say. “The uglies...

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Storing Your Luggage

Storing Your Luggage

Sometimes, on the road, you have to check out of your hotel and want to spend th...

Grains That Extend Life – Einkorn

The History Of Einkorn, Nature’s First And Oldest Wheat Einkorn is the oldest wh...

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Never Walk Alone Again – Stop The Fear

Never Walk Alone Again – Stop The Fear

“Ride Share for Walkers” Provides Companionship, Personal Safety, and Peace of M...

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Reinvent Yourself As A Great Author

Reinvent Yourself As A Great Author

Murder Mystery author/attorney, Mark Bello‘s upcoming book, The Final Steps, is ...

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Aging Well – Georgetown University

Aging Well – Georgetown University

The AgingWell Hub, co-founded by Business for Impact at Georgetown University’s ...

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Making Long Lasting Friends – At Any Age

Making Long Lasting Friends – At Any Age

Thoughts about friends and other things from Darla Noble For as long as I can re...

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Judge Addict – A True Life Story – Must Watch Interview

Judge Addict – A True Life Story – Must Watch Interview

For Mary Beth, childhood abuse and other traumas led to substance use disorder (...

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Break The Addict In Your Life

Break The Addict In Your Life

PASTOR JACK ALAN LEVINE Pastor Jack also serves on the board of Drug and Directo...

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Sex and Intimacy Over 55

Sex and Intimacy Over 55

ABOUT DR. LORI BETH BISBEY: Dr. Lori Beth Bisbey is a clinical psychologist, sex...

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Discovering Sex/Intimacy – Risky Travel – Non – Retirement

Discovering Sex/Intimacy – Risky Travel – Non – Retirement

@BloomerBoomer50 On todays show Andy talks with an a sex/intimacy therapist. He ...

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The Dreadful Word Retirement – Why

The Dreadful Word Retirement – Why

There are a few reasons why some people may not like the word retirement. Firstl...

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The Amazingly Simple Solution To Long Life

The Amazingly Simple Solution To Long Life

Harvard University has conducted extensive research on the importance of friends...

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Overcoming Change Anxiety

Overcoming Change Anxiety

Fear of change dominates peoples lives to the point they become frozen and incap...

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The Perfect Job For Anyone Over 55

The Perfect Job For Anyone Over 55

There are many great job options for someone over 55, and the best one will depe...

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Surviving A Hospital Stay

Surviving A Hospital Stay

There is no escaping the fact all of us will most likely spend a few hours if no...

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Mini Crustless Quiches

Mini Crustless Quiches

The crust: A quiche contains a crust, while a frittata does not. A pastry crust—...

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Cauliflower Appetizers

Cauliflower Appetizers

This Mediterranean Roasted Cauliflower Recipe is healthy, gluten free, can be ve...

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Fresh Fish Taco’s With Cod

Fresh Fish Taco’s With Cod

Love! Love! Love! We grilled in a cast iron pan and added pico de gallo to the f...

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Mimi’s Black Beans and Poppers

Mimi’s Black Beans and Poppers

Black Beans A staple food in Latin American cuisine, particularly in Mexico, Cub...

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Mushroom Appetizers

Mushroom Appetizers

Looking for something quick and fun to make before the big game? Give the creamy...

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Summer Travel Planning – Luscious Cauliflower Appetizer – Retirement Dream or Disaster

Summer Travel Planning – Luscious Cauliflower Appetizer...

Travel Planning There are a few things people over 55 can do to plan for summer ...

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Your Retirement: Dream or Disaster? Author Rajiv Nagaich

Your Retirement: Dream or Disaster? Author Rajiv Nagaich

Rajiv Nagaich is an elder law attorney and a nationally known retirement plannin...

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FUNERAL PRE-PLANNING LESS STRESS

FUNERAL PRE-PLANNING LESS STRESS

PRE-PLANNING A FUNERAL = LESS STRESS FOR THE GRIEVING FAMILY Randi Goldstein Cas...

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How Arnold Considered Being President

How Arnold Considered Being President

Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Andy about his secret hope and ambition if only thin...

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Memorial Day Weekend Show

Memorial Day Weekend Show

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning...

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A Surfing Great’s Story of World Success in Sport and Life

A Surfing Great’s Story of World Success in Sport and Life

In todays show we talk to a surfing champion who achieved success and also suffe...

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Jane Fonda and Stevie Nicks Today – Tips For Mental Health

Jane Fonda and Stevie Nicks Today – Tips For Mental Health

Hi Everyone…welcome to Let’s Talk…it’s Monday. I’m your host Andy Asher. I made ...

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A Mental Health Check

A Mental Health Check

Mental Health Month is an annual observance recognized in the United States duri...

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Beating Age Discrimination

Beating Age Discrimination

Hello everyone, Welcome to our channel! In this, we are discussing age discrimin...

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Godfather Stars Become The Oldest Dads – Are You Getting Fired?

Godfather Stars Become The Oldest Dads – Are You Gettin...

As it turns out the most famous stars of the Godfather Movies have become or wil...

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How an Entrepreneur Leads With His Heart – How People in Florida’s Villages are Livin’ La Vida Loca

How an Entrepreneur Leads With His Heart – How People i...

How a start up entrepreneur who speaks the language of Silicon Valley but with e...

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How Taylor Swift Grows Fame

How Taylor Swift Grows Fame

We hear message of Taylor Swift through thoughts leaders like Gary Douglas best-...

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Wealth  Between Boomers and Gen X

Wealth Between Boomers and Gen X

Bank of America report I told you about. It reports older Americans are splurgin...

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One Man’s Story How Testosterone Changed His Life

One Man’s Story How Testosterone Changed His Life

Self-Healing Is The Most Powerful Medicine. There is nothing new about the body’...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Biggest Regret

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Biggest Regret

At 75 years old Arnold Schwarzenegger has exploded again on the scene with a Net...

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Popular Old Action Heroes Over 55

Popular Old Action Heroes Over 55

Action heroes like Arnold Schwarzennegger, Tom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Sigourney ...

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MEDIA KIT

MEDIA KIT

Media Kit, February, 2015 We are Paula and Gordon, who are apparently Baby Boome...

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Homeward Bound

Homeward Bound

Dear Jessica Brennan,  There are so many words we can’t say anymore, and hobo is...

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Who Scores on the Bench?

Who Scores on the Bench?

Dear Jessica Brennan, A couple of weeks ago, I was out, and Dad was at home.  He...

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Joseph, the Unsung Christmas Hero

Joseph, the Unsung Christmas Hero

Dear Jessica Brennan, We hear a lot about joy and peace and love this time of ye...

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Workshopping a Seinfeld Episode in Real Time

Workshopping a Seinfeld Episode in Real Time

Dear Jessica Brennan, You learn a lot about yourself when you’re standing on the...

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It’s All About the ‘Tude

It’s All About the ‘Tude

Got a bad attitude about aging? The aches and pains wearing you down?  Afraid yo...

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The Room

The Room

Many times, I sit in a room and wonder how life manages to hold itself together ...

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Bold Finger

Bold Finger

Billy hunkered for stray marbles on the hard-packed, wild blackberry-vined vacan...

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The End

The End

Just came across the umpteenth post about things that baby boomers grew up with ...

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Lists

Lists

We like them, don’t we, “things to do” scribbled on memo pads or the backs of en...

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Opposite of Bored

Opposite of Bored

You know the age old question for retirees. What do you do all day? If you find ...

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Now What?

Now What?

Boomers are moving into to the now what? phase. Our bodies are, shall we say, di...

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Unabashed

Unabashed

As my husband and I walk back to our boat after a long day of touring, we skirt ...

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Happiness vs Gratitude

Happiness vs Gratitude

My husband and I decided to bring gratitude into our lives everyday by naming th...

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Don’t Hate Us For Being Beautiful

Don’t Hate Us For Being Beautiful

That’s right. We’re pretty and we’re handsome and there’s nothing you younger wh...

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Feeling frenzied yet rested while watching sports at home

Feeling frenzied yet rested while watching sports at home

A lot of great things can be said about watching sports. It serves as a panacea ...

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The comedy is us

The comedy is us

Now and then, we crave for comedy. We want to laugh, to feel lighthearted, to fi...

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Graduation – a triumphant passage to the next adventure in life’s journey

Graduation – a triumphant passage to the next adventure...

Transitions convey anticipation and excitement and, often, a triumphant sense of...

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A curious celebration of Father’s Day at Alta Mesa

A curious celebration of Father’s Day at Alta Mesa

There’s always a reason for deciding on a whim. From church on Sundays, I often ...

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Family bonding

Family bonding

It was a wonderful time of bonding with my daughter, my son, his wife and my gra...

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Associating July 4th celebration in Palo Alto with chili

Associating July 4th celebration in Palo Alto with chili

Chili on a warm summer day. Perfect for July 4th. Hadn’t done this in years – at...

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Happy and tickling flashback of Midway

Happy and tickling flashback of Midway

By:  LPJ Summer reminds me of Midway. Midway was the designation for the reunion...

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Drawn to a hometown organization celebration – for fun, friendships and nostalgia

Drawn to a hometown organization celebration – for fun,...

Do you wonder sometimes how you can honor someone so special in your life and wh...

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Sharing good news and reflections about Babyboomerlola on its 1st anniversary

Sharing good news and reflections about Babyboomerlola ...

Babyboomerlola.com turns one year old this month. It’s been an interesting journ...

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Soaking in the raw ambience of a live stream market on the street

Soaking in the raw ambience of a live stream market on ...

(Repost from blog of Nov. 27, 2017) Today, I’m in my brother and his wife’s home...

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Memories of an old-fashioned girl’s prom

Memories of an old-fashioned girl’s prom

(Repost from blog of Oct. 28, 2017) Jitters attacked me.  It was the night of th...

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Frazzled by a technological shift for Babyboomerlola

Frazzled by a technological shift for Babyboomerlola

Embarrassed to admit, but I’ll say it anyway. Technology perplexes me. It frazzl...

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Getting international and savvy with food

Getting international and savvy with food

Decisions – decisions! Where to go for dinner when you’re international with fri...

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Excited for my omiyage

Excited for my omiyage

Omiyage. A Japanese word I just learned, means gift. I am so looking forward to ...

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Sudden attack of homesickness

Sudden attack of homesickness

(Repost from blog of Aug 18, 2018 — with picture and video) What is it about hom...

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Fiesta fever and fiesta fervor

Fiesta fever and fiesta fervor

Big fiesta right now in Naga City, the heart of the Bicol Region (south eastern ...

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Meaningful Sunday for me – stayed a little longer in church

Meaningful Sunday for me – stayed a little longer in ch...

Not the usual Sunday for me. Didn’t rush home after worship service and Sunday c...

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An impromptu birthday party started without the celebrant

An impromptu birthday party started without the celebrant

Totally unplanned. A surprise, you might say. Last Wednesday was the birthday of...

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An esoteric brainstorm on love and romance

An esoteric brainstorm on love and romance

Last night’s rousing discussion about love and romance carried through all eveni...

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Relishing the magic of the outdoors at Shoreline Park in Mountain View, CA

Relishing the magic of the outdoors at Shoreline Park i...

Mountain View city, adjacent to Palo Alto, California holds one of the best lake...

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Part 2:  Snippets, teasers and cliffhangers

Part 2: Snippets, teasers and cliffhangers

My auntie just lost her husband to an ailment that made him bed-ridden months be...

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The pleasures and favors of a visit

The pleasures and favors of a visit

When the children are grown and on their own, or married and living with their s...

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Shadowing sentiments and recollections of a November 1st tradition

Shadowing sentiments and recollections of a November 1s...

An eclectic tradition in Philippine culture – All Souls Day on November 1st. Whi...

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Royal treatment at a movie theater doubled enjoyment of the Nutcracker adventure

Royal treatment at a movie theater doubled enjoyment of...

Just got back from watching The Nutcracker movie with my daughter. I didn’t read...

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Starting to celebrate Christmas before Thanksgiving

Starting to celebrate Christmas before Thanksgiving

I prided myself for getting Christmas decorations early on, before Thanksgiving....

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Holiday cheer to all – let’s bring it to the elderly

Holiday cheer to all – let’s bring it to the elderly

If Santa Claus ran out of gifts, or had no money to buy presents, what would he ...

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Sharing my curious Christmas wish list – do you have one?

Sharing my curious Christmas wish list – do you have one?

When the leaves of trees in front of my home turned yellow, I started to think o...

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Flashback of Christmas of so long ago

Flashback of Christmas of so long ago

Seated in the veranda of my home in Naga City on a Saturday afternoon, poring ov...

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Joy and Love to All

Joy and Love to All

The spirit of Christmas is joy and love for/to all. A very Merry Christmas, and ...

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2018 creeping out the door – where did time go?

2018 creeping out the door – where did time go?

Where has time gone?  A question often asked not just by older adults, but a que...

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Working on holiday weeks – and trying again with resolutions for the new year

Working on holiday weeks – and trying again with resolu...

Working in the week between Christmas and New Year is like strolling downtown af...

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My joyful Christmas 2024

My joyful Christmas 2024

By  LPJ It’s a glorious Christmas day. I am at the home of my son John, daughter...

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What’s in the bag for 2025?

What’s in the bag for 2025?

By  LPJ My imagination’s running delightfully wild. The bag’s heavy with goodies...

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Inspiring thoughts to jumpstart the new year

Inspiring thoughts to jumpstart the new year

By  LPJ As most might agree, keeping a new year’s resolution is never easy. Alwa...

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Who’s my Valentine ?

Who’s my Valentine ?

By  LPJ Valentine makes me think of roses, chocolates, a schmaltzy card and a fa...

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Like Bugs in a Bowl

Like Bugs in a Bowl

Finding inspiration  It’s very hard to think nice thoughts when your hair is get...

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As This Tumultuous Year Ends I Have a Few Things to Say

As This Tumultuous Year Ends I Have a Few Things to Say

This tumultuous year was rough, so I took a well-deserved writing break. Everyth...

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Walking Each Other Home in 2025 with Strength and Hope

Walking Each Other Home in 2025 with Strength and Hope

My father loved Robert Burns, a Scottish poet and lyricist who is widely regarde...

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Barbara Kingsolver Delivers Modern Version Of Old Classic

Barbara Kingsolver Delivers Modern Version Of Old Classic

First of all, Pulitzer Prize-winner Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel Demon Copperh...

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I’ve Gone Shopping-Stupid And It’s Time To Smarten Up

I’ve Gone Shopping-Stupid And It’s Time To Smarten Up

I’ve done it again. Every so often I grocery shop like I’m still working. When I...

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Help For When Dementia or Alzheimer’s Gets Personal

Help For When Dementia or Alzheimer’s Gets Personal

There probably isn’t a baby boomer out there who does not have someone in their ...

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Finding Pleasure in The Simple Things

Finding Pleasure in The Simple Things

When I sent my friend Perry a picture of my new tea mug, she responded with a pi...

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Dan Needles Describes Rural Life With Humour And Affection

Dan Needles Describes Rural Life With Humour And Affection

If you’re in the mood for a delightful little book that will take you on a mini-...

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My Old-Fashioned Instincts Are At Odds With My Feminist Principles

My Old-Fashioned Instincts Are At Odds With My Feminist...

I know it’s politically incorrect to comment negatively on how someone else choo...

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Chapter 238: Christmas and New Years on Bali

Chapter 238: Christmas and New Years on Bali

01.03.25 We’ve been in Bali for just over two weeks, with our first four days in...

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Chapter 239: The “Bittersweet” Last Week of Leaving a Place Where You Have been for a While

Chapter 239: The “Bittersweet” Last Week of Leaving a P...

01.10.25 Share (We've been sending out our new Travel Younger newsletter since A...

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Chapter 241: A Surprise Glamping Trip on Ceningan! ( Cloned )

Chapter 241: A Surprise Glamping Trip on Ceningan! ( Cl...

01.17.25 7 years ago today, Kathleen and I flew to Barcelona for 4 days and then...

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Chapter 240: My Fantasy Nomadic Life vs. My Real Nomadic Life

Chapter 240: My Fantasy Nomadic Life vs. My Real Nomadi...

01.17.25 (We've been sending out our new Travel Younger newsletter since August ...

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