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Maybe it’s your own table. Maybe it’s your father’s. | Photo: Kampus Production Caring for Aging Parents and Loved Ones | Part 1 of 8 By Paul Wilczynski, Publisher, TheSeniorTechie.com Simple routines and the technology worth bothering with, whether you’re managing your own health or watching over someone else’s. Part 1 of Caring for Aging Parents and Loved Ones, an eight-week series by Paul Wilczynski.

The questions arrive quietly, usually on an ordinary morning. | Photo: Yan Krukau Caring for Aging Parents and Loved Ones | The series By Paul Wilczynski, Publisher, TheSeniorTechie.com One retired programmer’s honest, practical roadmap through every part of life that changes as we get older. A new eight-week series from Paul Wilczynski, Publisher of TheSeniorTechie.com. Most advice on caring for aging parents arrives one crisis at a time; this takes a different approach. We’re glad to have him.

Decades of corny dogs, and this year one has fudge in it. Four winners out of fifteen finalists — and yes, someone deep-fried a chocolate corny dog. The judges tasted all fifteen finalists. Four walked away with a title, and one of them is a corny dog with fudge inside. The 22nd Annual Big Tex Choice Awards were announced Tuesday in Dallas. The field has moved well past fried butter — this year’s winners include a taco built on tater tots and a cheesecake rolled in matcha cookies.

At the groomer, a good brush-out is pure bliss. Your cat spends a third of her waking hours grooming herself. Here’s why that still isn’t enough. We all know cats are meticulous self-groomers—spending up to a third of their waking hours keeping themselves picture-perfect. So it might seem odd to consider taking your fur baby to a professional cat groomer. But here’s the thing: even the most fastidious feline can’t reach everywhere.

Old friends remind us of who we were—and invite us to reflect on who we've become. When an old friend says, ‘you haven’t changed,’ it’s an invitation to reflect on who you’ve become and what still matters most The scenario is the same for most of us when catching up with old friends. A friend whom we haven’t seen in a few years wants to meet us at a restaurant. We have a shared history spanning decades, so we’re excited to update our on-going narratives.

Images courtesy of Sourcebooks Goodnight Grandchild A goodnight book written with the grandparent in mind. Written by Michelle Robinson Illustrated by Nick East Sourcebooks Wonderland | Board book | $8.99 Ages 1-4 Review by Heidi Frankel Goodnight Grandchild is the newest bedtime book from Michelle Robinson and Nick East, and it is special. Their Goodnight series has been sending little ones off to sleep for years with Goodnight Tractor, Goodnight Digger, and Goodnight Spaceman.

Porter with his Mia and Pops on the Golden Gate Bridge — the walk he asked for. Photo courtesy of author. I didn’t go to The Who concert with him. I met him afterward at The Wine Press in Dallas’s Oak Lawn neighborhood for what was supposed to be a quick cup of coffee — and by the time we left, I knew I’d marry him. He had recently returned from six weeks of backpacking across Europe. That summer, I had spent several weeks visiting my parents in Jerusalem.

The man the world met as Cary Grant — composed, charming, and entirely his own invention. The coolest man in the room, even when he wasn’t trying. There are movie stars—and then there’s Cary Grant. Long before Hollywood learned how to manufacture charm, Archibald Leach figured out how to reinvent himself into something smoother, sharper, and almost impossibly composed.

John Fadely traded 30 years of law to pursue his love of writing poetry Three decades in law, 39 rejections, one acceptance, a published poet — now, with Fifth Stanza Press, he’s opening doors for poets who start later in life. In 2019, Hong Kong came apart around me. I had lived there for 18 years. Things were happening outside my window that I had never experienced before. Writing became a way to stay calm and make sense of the world amidst uncertainty.

The hardest part of retirement isn’t the money. It’s the heading. I love it when my clients teach me something I know nothing about. A recent example was Jeff, a client who felt stuck on the non-financial retirement planning that money can’t cover. During our initial coaching, he perked up and said, “It sounds like planning for retirement is similar to kedging.” I had no clue what he meant by kedging! Jeff had a love for sailing, and kedging is a term he was very familiar with.