FOR NEW YORK'S BOOMERS AND BEYOND | Volume 1 • Issue 11 | March, 2006

NEWS BRIEFS

By Andy Humm
NYC Plus presents a monthly round-up of news and events that have the greatest impact our lives.


REFLECTION

“Luddite Love”
By Wickham Boyle
 A lover of old-fashioned ways comes to grips – bit by bit – with the computer age.


HEALTH

“The Amazing Maze of Medical Studies”
By Linda Helper
 Healthy today, hazardous tomorrow …How medical research can take unexpected twists and turns along the road to truth.


LOCAL TRAVEL

“Weekend Getaways, West of the City”
By Robert Gluck
 Seasoned travel writer Robert Gluck shares a few of his favorite hideouts – all within two short hours west of the Big Apple.


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BOOKS

“Beyond the Kitchen Table: A Riff by Anna Deavere Smith”
By Nan Goldberg
 In her new book, “Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts – For Actors, Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind” Smith reaches out to those who are “ … trying to express something that you feel will make a difference in the way this earth stays in orbit.”
 


In This Issue


MEMOIR

“Greenwich Village to Provence: Leaving One Home, Finding Another”
By Patricia Fieldsteel
 At the age of 55, longtime New Yorker Patricia Fieldsteel packed it in and moved to the south of France.  Here is how and why.
 


PROFILE

“ACT!  SING!  DON’T THINK! … and don’t tell Peggy Pope’s mama”
By Jerry Tallmer
 Confessions of a well-protected girl from Montclair, New Jersey, who broke into theater knowing nothing about men.


TRAVEL ABROAD

“Blow a Kiss to the Blarney Stone”
By Janis Turk
 Sometimes it’s the years, not the miles that can wear down a traveler.  But a Eurail trip through Ireland during “Positive Ageing Week” helped this not-so-spry adventure girl confront new challenges on the open road.



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VOLUNTEERING

“Giving of Time, Money, and Yourself”
By Deborah Emin
 The biggest difference between feeling helpless and not feeling helpless is the disparity between sitting still and taking action.  Still, it is crucial to find the cause or organization that’s right for you.
 


MEDICINE

“Splitting Up”
By Timothy Glover
 The medical (and economic) advantages and risks of making little ones out of bigger ones.


ESSAY

“Mommy, I’m Home”
By Jane Warshaw
 When her daughter graduated from college, the thought of an empty nest made her sad.  That turned out to be the least of her worries …