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BY Tom Lashnits
Health
First Signs Of Arthritis I have chronic osteoarthritis in my ankle and my knee, due primarily to old injuries. I’ve also had bouts of stenosis in my ne…
Author: Tom Lashnits
Tom Lashnits spent 40 years in New York book and magazine publishing before retiring to Bucks County, PA, in 2017. He now volunteers in the school system, produces the baby boomer blog Sightings Over Sixty . . . and is just starting to chase after grandchildren.
BY Tom Lashnits
Humor
My Unpredictable Friend Peter I thought that this was a time to revisit an old post from a few years ago, one that will show the days of Coronavirus are not the o…
BY Tom Lashnits
Health
My Focus On The COVID-19 Vaccine For the last two months I’ve focused entirely on getting vaccinated. I signed up with our county health department,…
BY Tom Lashnits
Humor
Internet Trolls Are Abundant One thing people probably agree on is that our world has become coarser. People don’t hesitate to insult people on Face…
BY Tom Lashnits
Give
I recently finished tutoring for the first summer session at our community college. I’ve been volunteering there for the past three years, helping…
BY Tom Lashnits
Health
Dealing with loneliness becomes more difficult with age. Opportunities for social interaction can diminish, and now with COVID-19, it’s even wor…
BY Tom Lashnits
Business
Retirees are not worried about money. We are worried about contracting COVID-19. Our children are not worried about COVID-19. They are worried about mone…
BY Tom Lashnits
Entertainment
Stories about the status of Baby Boomers like the one in today’s NY Times leave me cold. Who cares that the first boomers are turning 65? It doesn̵…
BY Tom Lashnits
Life
We held several Zoom meetings with family and friends over the Thanksgiving holiday. We talked about children and grandchildren and other usual things, b…
BY Tom Lashnits
Health
It happened to me about three weeks ago. I was on the golf course. It had rained the day before, but now the sun was shining, with temperatures in the near-perf…
