Jan

1

Hope for a Better Next Year

Posted by Pennie

January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

With all the financial problems that have cropped up over 2008, my wish for 2009 is that it will be a better year financially for all of us. So many younger people are struggling to keep their heads above water that it almost gives me a stomach ache just to think about it. We were [...]

Nov

26

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Posted by Pennie

November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Happy Thanksgiving, Empty Nesters. Many of you will probably have fuller nests this weekend for which I’m sure you’ll be thankful. We’ll be thankful for the good food, our nice nests, our health and many other things. This is a good time to take stock of your life and stop to realize all the things we really [...]

Nov

25

Empty Nesters, What Are You Most Thankful For?

Posted by Pennie

November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hi, Empty Nesters! In honor of Thanksgiving coming up in a couple of days, I would like to put forth a question for you: What are you most thankful for? Of course, we’re all thankful for our family, friends, health, jobs, all the normal stuff. But besides that, what are you grateful that someone discovered, invented, [...]

Nov

11

Keeping Veterans in Our Prayers and Our Hearts All Year Long

Posted by Pennie

November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today is Veterans Day, a day this country sets aside to honor all those veterans who have given so much for our way of life. I’m not a veteran but my husband is and I’m sure many of our Empty Nest readers are as well. And although he never fought in a war, he was [...]

Nov

4

Welcome to My Empty Nest!

Posted by Pennie

November 4, 2008 | 2 Comments

WELCOME to my Empty Nest! I’m here to restart the Empty Nest blog, have some fun, and make new friends. Repopulate the nest as it were, with new people, old people, any people. All are welcome at this Empty Nest.  We’ll have all sorts of topics, many with empty nesters and Baby Boomers in mind, but hopefully, there’ll [...]

Mar

6

Blogging Good for your Health?

Posted by cameron

March 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

Discovery News recently reported on an Australian research study suggesting that blogging is good for our health, at least mental well being. It seems we have a need to be connected to other people, less isolated etc. I don’t find the needs surprising but I do find it surprising that people can really attend to those [...]

Mar

3

Ever Thought About Cryonics?

Posted by cameron

March 3, 2008 | 4 Comments

I was curiously Googleing’ Cryogenics today and came across the Wikipedia definition, which refers to the study of very cold temperatures. The actual term I was curious about is Cryonics; the freezing of people so that one day in the far off future they might be awakened’ and the future state of medicine can cure [...]

Feb

26

How We Change

Posted by cameron

February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

How many times have you said, “I used to hate that when I was younger but I find it very interesting now”? For me that would apply to history, literature, museums, art, classical music etc etc. I guess maturity causes this in some way but why does it take so long for the finer points [...]

Feb

23

Oh My! Another Snake to Worry About.

Posted by cameron

February 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Discover just reported that I could see Pythons moving into my backyard in the future. Yes, you too. It seems that global warming is enabling wild life to move north. This study shows that the Python is already on the move and slowly spreading northwards. Today it can be found thriving in the Florida Everglades, [...]

Feb

14

Presidential Election 2008

Posted by cameron

February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I hadn’t planned to write another political post but I stumbled across a web site today that has a handy tool for sifting through the issues. There is an online quiz you can take where your answers to major issue questions will lead to a list of candidates that best match your positions. I don’t [...]

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