Opinions
Dear Savvy Senior,
Can a person in their early fifties have osteoporosis? When I fell and broke my wrist last winter the doctor that treated me told me I might have osteoporosis.
Surprised Susan
Dear Susan,
While osteoporosis is much more common in adults over age 60, it can strike younger...
“We Support Our Soldiers: Military Support Cookbook” (2003) was compiled as a fundraiser for the 142nd ECB Company A. Detachment I of Lisbon, N.D. The recipes were submitted by friends and relatives of the men and women in this unit. Today, 21 years later, our military remains front-of-mind with...
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 making it an annual observance, and it became a national holiday in 1938. Sixteen years later, then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation...
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting
I got a postcard from my doctor.
What did it say?
He said he’d be right with me.
Driving by Bruce’s drive
I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. Everything was nearly copacetic. I’d asked my wife, my SEO (...
Dear Savvy Senior,
What’s the best way to go about writing a living will? I’m approaching age 73 and in poor health and would like to get this done without spending a lot of money.
Need Help
Dear Need,
Preparing a living will now is a smart decision that gives you say in how you want to be...
It happened one Halloween Eve when three sisters – Inez, Hazel and Marlys – rural women, unsophisticated and naïve, dabbled in the paranormal.
The occult was new to them. The only thing Marlys said was “If we believe enough we can make the table rise.” She didn’t know how long the table would...
While November brings us Thanksgiving, we “seasoned citizens” are thankful for every day we can enjoy our safe and friendly community, our beautiful fields and woods and our friends/family who love us…or are supposed to! Northwood area men and women over 60 can also be thankful we have a...
The Humbolt Independent is the information lifeline of Humbolt, Iowa. To keep this town of 4,500 people informed, the Independent has been published for over 100 years. A weekly column, “Cook of the Week” took readers into the kitchens of area cooks, publishing hundreds and hundreds of recipes over...
Two scary dates are fast approaching, with Halloween tomorrow, Thursday, October 31, and Election Day on Tuesday, November 5.
Let’s focus on the les scary of the two, Halloween.
Here are some fun figures about the holiday, presented by the U.S. Census Bureau:
Some trace the spooky tradition to...
Supporting Campbell
Dear Editor,
Onions, backhoes and founding fathers.
When you want to find the underlying cause of things, you talk, exchange feelings from your gut, listen, and listen more. Many people refer to it as "peeling the onion." I am peeling away one layer at a time ....
This man...