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Dorothy Custer: 101 and Full of Life!
From her TV appearance last year for her 100th birthday: “Sass, sweetness and the splits: that pretty much sums up Dorothy Custer’s appearance on ‘The Tonight Show’ with Jay Leno in June. Dorothy Custer was born in 1911 — 100-years ago. … Continue reading
Security Cameras Reveal Surprises
Thanks to elder blogger Ronni Bennett of www.timegoesby.net for posting this terrific 1:36 minute video of security camera footage that shows us at our best rather than our worst!
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Memorial Day: Margie
From Today’s Document, a fascinating blog from the US National Archives: “Margie was a very different kind of pin-up girl. She was not salacious, and her clothes were neatly buttoned up. She was a young wife on the homefront pining for her … Continue reading
For Some, Age is All in the Mind
You can thank EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter for providing the link to this video!
How You Can Help the National Archives
Those of us who have been around for awhile usually have an appreciation for history. The National Archives are our country’s storehouse of history in written and visual form. If you’re interested in helping preserve that history or adding information to it, you can become … Continue reading
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One Woman Campaign to Bring Back Ladies’ Bridge Lunch
Maggy Simony, 92-year-old Florida resident, wants to bring back the Ladies’ Bridge Lunch, a tradition popular in the early and mid-20th century. David Scott, a professor of leisure studies at Texas A&M University who wrote his Ph.D. dissertation on bridge, “calls Ms. Simony … Continue reading
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