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I am a 50-something world traveler, writer, digital camera teacher, and photographer. I am a regular contributor to our province's two senior newspapers.

I have been a writer/reporter/journalist for most of my life; I recently became

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Travel > Boat Travel & Cruises Why cruising is the best vacation value: 3 of 17
Cruising is the best vacation value because, besides the obvious value for your dollar, cruising provides the three things necessary for outstanding vacation value: relaxation, adventure and attention to detail. Cruising today is like checking into a classy hotel and then watching out the window as the building moves from pl... More..
Health & Fitness > Cancer Guidelines for early cancer detection: 2 of 11
The guidelines for early cancer detection must begin with this #1 tip: Establish an early partnership with your doctor so you can stand united in your fight against a possible attack of cancer. This is doubly important if you have a family history of cancer. These guidelines will assist you in keeping watch, so that if you d... More..
Health & Fitness > Medical Concerns & Issues Why men don't like going to the doctor: 5 of 27
"You want to put YOUR what? WHERE?" Men simply don't like going to the doctor. Why? Three reasons: personal dignity, time priorities, and a deep primal survival instinct. Generally speaking, men are very private; they don't want to be messed with. A man is simply not comfortable with another human touching or probing his bod... More..
Arts & Humanities > European History The history of the Berlin Wall: 3 of 16
The history of the Berlin Wall covers a period of 28 years during which time East German citizens were imprisoned in their own country; their autonomy to make a decision on where to live and where to work was ripped from them by a 155 kilometer (nearly 100 miles) barrier created by a Communist government wishing to both cont... More..
Style & Beauty > Clothing Tips & Advice Pull up your pants: Why over-sized jeans look unprofessional: 3 of 16
So, you want to wear your jeans hanging past your butt-crack, but you want to be taken seriously in the business world? Then you'd better make a choice; low-hanging jeans that look like a droopy diaper will undermine a professional presence. Some people have forgotten there is a time and place for everything, and that includ... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends The best American television sitcoms of all time: 7 of 35
The best American television sitcoms of all time have three things in common: relevance to the issues of society, great snappy writing and impeccable delivery of comedic lines. Perhaps the sitcom king of relevance, snappy writing, and line delivery is the TV program, "Mash." It was impossible not to laugh at the sarcastic wi... More..
Sciences > Water & Oceanography Why is sea water salty?: 3 of 15
Wonder no more! Here are 4 simple answers for why sea water is salty. 1) Sea water is salty because of a contradiction: Seas are fed by non-salty freshwater rivers. Sea or ocean water is salty because the world's rivers continue to dump mineral salts into the ocean depths. And it's no small amount. Four billion tons of disso... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Racism The Ku Klux Klan in American history: 2 of 10
Ku Klux Klan. The KKK. What images come to mind? Murderous hate-filled men in white robes burning crosses, and killing blacks? Truth? Is it? This is going to be shocking. There were actually three versions of the KKK, in American history, between 1865 and today. And they were very different from one another. Let me preface t... More..
Food & Drink > Cooking with Spices & Herbs The history of the spice trade: 2 of 10
Can you imagine taking out a bank loan to buy a box of pepper? The idea is ridiculous today, but centuries ago, spices were more valuable than gold. Early man's desire for spices, and the wealth that came with them, was so encompassing, that his yearning resulted in a mass of world explorations and discovery. The history of ... More..
Health & Fitness > Contraception Lybrel (the "no period" birth control pill): Is it safe?: 2 of 10
What if you could look into the future and see the long-term side effects of Lybrel? What if those future side effects included never being able to have a child? Would you still want to try the revolutionary new birth control pill, Lybrel? Without knowing its future side effects, it must hold that Lybrel is not a safe drug. ... More..