Shortly after I turned 50, both Ted Turner and the AARP came into my life. The only difference? With AARP, there were benefits.

The absolute minimum for effective exercise is three times a week on alternate days for at least half an hour.

The glow and energy of the healthy woman is the ultimate beauty, the only beauty that will last.

I find that arduous physical labor can jump-start my thought process.

My mother killed herself when I was 12. I won't complete that relationship. But I can try to understand her.

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be.