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If Romeo And Juliet Traveled Italy Today

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If Romeo And Juliet Traveled Italy Today

We were milling with other tourists in the shaded cul-de-sac under the putative Juliet's Balcony in Veron ...

We were milling with other tourists in the shaded cul-de-sac under the putative Juliet's Balcony in Verona, replete with love locks, kissing couples, graffiti hearts pierced with Eros' arrows, pledges ...

September 01, 2019
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Be Open to “Reaching Out”

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Be Open to “Reaching Out”

Aldo Nazarko spent his formative years in war-torn northeastern Italy, in the Adriatic city of Fiume. As ...

Aldo Nazarko spent his formative years in war-torn northeastern Italy, in the Adriatic city of Fiume. As a young person, he was a refugee and “displaced person.” In all his eight decades, however, he ...

November 01, 2018
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Jann Arden: It’s a Long Goodbye & It Ain’t So Bad

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Jann Arden: It’s a Long Goodbye & It Ain’t So Bad

Jann Arden confesses that she looks forward to getting older. It's another year to embrace life. She just ...

Jann Arden confesses that she looks forward to getting older. It's another year to embrace life. She just turned fifty-six and admittedly doesn't celebrate birthdays. "It's just something you have to ...

July 01, 2018
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Cycling the Olympic Discovery Trail

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Cycling the Olympic Discovery Trail

Summer was waning; scheduled visitors had departed. We had anticipated this denouement and planned to fil ...

Summer was waning; scheduled visitors had departed. We had anticipated this denouement and planned to fill the void with our own end-of-August adventure, one that would entail minimum planning and pre ...

March 01, 2018
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Carving out an Active Life

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Carving out an Active Life

Sculpture is arguably the most enduring manifestation of fine art that humans the world over have produce ...

Sculpture is arguably the most enduring manifestation of fine art that humans the world over have produced. The three-dimensional figures – like the tiny Paleolithic Age Venus of Willendorf from over ...

March 01, 2018
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Dilettante Turned Published Author

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Dilettante Turned Published Author

Inspired Senior Living readers will be familiar with James Ellsworth who has contributed several articles ...

Inspired Senior Living readers will be familiar with James Ellsworth who has contributed several articles and features to the magazine, most recently February 2017. He has just published his debut nov ...

November 01, 2017
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Richard Hunt: Indigenous Artist and Elder

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Richard Hunt: Indigenous Artist and Elder

Richard Hunt lives in a modest bungalow on a crescent in Victoria with a large workshop shed in the back. ...

Richard Hunt lives in a modest bungalow on a crescent in Victoria with a large workshop shed in the back. Currently, he is working on a new 15-foot totem pole in his workshop, but we met in his dining ...

October 01, 2017
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Finding Hygge in Denmark

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Finding Hygge in Denmark

Much has been written recently about the Danish sense of coziness and balance in life, called 'hygge' (pr ...

Much has been written recently about the Danish sense of coziness and balance in life, called 'hygge' (pronounced hue-gah). If you Google the word, you will get more than 16 million hits. ...

May 01, 2017
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Pas de Deux

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Pas de Deux

David Roland and Amalia Schelhorn continue to dance through life. They both had distinguished careers in ...

David Roland and Amalia Schelhorn continue to dance through life. They both had distinguished careers in ballet as “youngsters,” ...

February 01, 2017
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Retooling Not Retiring

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Retooling Not Retiring

"Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have ...

"Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest." –Georgia O'Keefe, famed American artist Hudson Mack may not ...

June 01, 2016
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Creating a Life She Loves

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Creating a Life She Loves

Barbara Risto, the publisher/owner of INSPIRED Senior Living has walked the path of a caregiver, multiple ...

Barbara Risto, the publisher/owner of INSPIRED Senior Living has walked the path of a caregiver, multiple times. She is a testament to being thrust into caregiver roles, as so many are; and also being ...

March 01, 2016
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Go East, Friends, Go East

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Go East, Friends, Go East

Horace Greeley may have coined the phrase "Go West, young man" in 1865 but, after 150 years, perhaps it's ...

Horace Greeley may have coined the phrase "Go West, young man" in 1865 but, after 150 years, perhaps it's time to consider a new direction. Many West Coasters think only of the western point of the co ...

October 01, 2015
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New Year’s Aspirations? How About Running a Marathon?

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New Year’s Aspirations? How About Running a Marathon?

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner was a short story and movie in the early 1960s. These seniors ...

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner was a short story and movie in the early 1960s. These seniors may be familiar with the title, but they don't necessarily believe it! Here's a new concept for ...

January 01, 2015
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