FOR NEW YORK'S BOOMERS AND BEYOND | Volume 1 • Issue 13 | May, 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

“The Gardens of Our Minds”
By Wickham Boyle
A first love, tossed away, comes back with a pang on another day.


MORES

“The Daily Treat”
By Kent Doyle
 Childhood has changed since the 1950s.  My neighbors are involved in their daughter’s life on a moment-to-moment basis.  My mother’s idea of brokering a play date was to open the door.


MIND/BODY

“New Habits: Sitting Less”
By Coeli Carr
 Addiction to the chair can be detrimental to your health.


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PROFILE

“Edward Albee”
By Jerry Tallmer
 The remarkable comebacks of a playwright who never went away.


In This Issue


ESSAY

“The Intervention”
By John Sutter
 From D-Day to the last day, with independence and dignity.
 


SLEEP

“Snooze to Your Own Tune”
By Nell Stundell
 The older a person gets, the harder it becomes to sleep long and deep.  Fortunately a host of remedies exist, including Brain Music Therapy.
 


RUMINATION

“Orleans Perish?”
By Janis Turk
 New York and New Orleans have a lot more in common than you ever thought.
 



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BOOKS

“Philip Roth’s Everyman”
By Nan Goldberg
In Everyman Roth rages against the dying of the light.
 


MEMORY

“Frankie Valli: Still Under My Skin”
By Pat Olsen
Long before Bruce Stringsteen put Asbury Park on the rock-and-roll map, and eons before Bon Jovi arrived on the scene, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons ruled in the Garden State.


EYE ON ART

Eva Hesse: Material Evidence”
By Jerry Tallmer
 What polyester resin, fiberglass, cardboard, and Eva Hesse have to tell us.


FEATURE

“Friends for Life”
By Julie Jacobs
The people who are there – from childhood – when the chips are down.