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January 1: Traditions bring good luck into the New Year (reprinted from 2005)
January 8: Top ten things I learned in 2008
January 15: Facebook captivates baby boomers
January 22: A chance conversation about Social Security
January 29: Find your own adventure, something new in 2009

February 05: I don't want to get lost on the Left Bank
February 12: Drive-by tour of ski resorts works for me
February 19: Molly Buttercake has a spoonful of sugar for what ails you
February 26: I am buying bananas with my stimulus package cash

March 05: I missed Girl Scout Cookie season this year
March 12: Playing Scrabble exercises the brain if you know how to play
March 19: The Day of the Frogs is here, and it is all about love. Ribbit!
March 26: This year, I am not giving up doughnuts for Lent

April 2: March Madness making you crazy yet?
April 9: Go Royals Sox!
April 16: Your day will come if it hasn't already
April 23: Using colorful words and mixing up others can be hilarious
April 30: Everyone has a snake story in the spring

May 07: Remembering Dom DeLuise R.I.P.
May 14: When things go wrong, blame Mercury Retrograde
May 21: Cemetery visit takes a turn for the better on Memorial Day
May 28: To twitter or not to twitter, that is the question

June 4: The Beatles are back, this time in a video game
June 11: It's all in the numbers, and these days, there are too many of them
June 18: Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky, it's the stormy weather
June 25: Don't go fry an egg on the sidewalk

July 2: On Independence Day, whistle Yankee Doodle with the fervor of John Adams
July 9: We all scream for ice cream, in more ways than one
July 16: Telling a story in six words. Can you do it; Hemingway could!
July 23: When things go wrong, do we have to admit to pilot error?
July 30: Arugula, a vegetable that makes you laugh

August 6: Waiting for things to come full circle
August 13: You are never too old for a summer road trip
August 20: Still wanting to buy school supplies at any age
August 27: Medicare birthday alert--you are turning 65!

September 3: Advice is a two-way street
September 10: The final neighborhood garage sale is never the last
(Or..."Hubby covets neighbors garage sale trash")
September 17: Mother-of-the-groom advice: shut up and wear beige
September 24: Losing and finding special things at a wedding

October 1: Winnie the Pooh would like a "No Doing Day"
October 8: Thinking aloud is OK in a sound-proof room
October 15: Take positive risks at any age, says Mrs. Missouri America
October 22: Use your brain or lose it
October 29: A not-so-scary Halloween ghost story (The night the ghost got my Uncle Sam)

November 5: Finding a new sense of fashion in empty-nesting years
November 12: Honoring Mark Twain 100 years after his death
November 26: Kids and seniors inspire each other via computer lab project

December 3: Writing about food, simple as a plate of pasta
December 10: A winter's tale of a fox and a French baguette
December 17: Where are the magically decorated cedar trees that once adorned I-70?
December 27: The Christmas grandma forgot to cook (reprinted from 2006 & 2008) December 31: Top reasons why it is time for 2009 to end

Keep looking forward to more articles!