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The Savvy Senior: Tips for Living with Low Vision
By Jim MillerDear Savvy Senior,
What resources can you recommend to help seniors with vision loss? My husband, who’s 76, has macular degeneration that has progressed to the point that he can’t do a lot of his routine activities anymore, and has become very discouraged.
Looking for Help
Dear Looking,
Unfortunately, there are around 15 million Americans, like your husband, living with macular degeneration today. Over time, this progressive disease can rob people of their central vision, making everyday tasks like driving a car, reading the newspaper or watching television extremely challenging. Here are some resources that can help.
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Travel Time: Amsterdam and Utrecht Travelogue, by Sue Katz
Reprinted with permission from Sue Katz’s Consenting Adult Blog
By Sue Katz
All photos courtesy of Sue Katz
May 19
The taxi driver at the Amsterdam Centraal Station tries to rip me off. That’ll be €20, he says. What? says I. No way. Oh, says he, I meant to say €10. Turn on the machine, I suggest. Too late, he says.
The delightful flat where we’re staying is up two narrow steep flights of steps and luckily my friend Sue has already arrived and comes to help me wrestle my modest suitcase up. The problem is that the width of the first flight is cut in half by the rails of a Stairmaster. And it is also missing a bannister. Bannisters are essential to anyone who does not bounce up stairs with athletic buoyancy and tightrope walker balance.
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Me and RBG
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David Webb: U.S. Pastor Council Poses Growing Threat to LGBTQ Communities
David Webb By David Webb
The Rare ReporterA coordinated attack by powerful conservatives threatens LGBTQ communities in every major urban area as an anti-gay Houston extremist makes plans to grow his organization.
U.S. Pastor Council President Dave Welch boasts about his prowess in trampling on LGBTQ rights in Houston, and he makes clear his ambition to expand the group — also known as the Houston Area Pastor Council and the Texas Pastor Council — beyond its current regional boundaries. Given his previous successes, Welch could succeed in his expansion plans.
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Asbury Park
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Book Review: Shapeshifters: A Journey Through the Changing Human Body, by Gavin Francis
By Terri Schlichenmeyer
The Bookworm SezShapeshifters: A Journey Through the Changing Human Body, by Gavin Francis
c.2018, Basic Books $27.00 / $35.50 Canada
283 pagesChange, they say, is good.
It’s the opportunity for growth. It’s a chance to take a breath, reassess, reconfigure. It makes the landscape look fresh; it also muddies the waters. And yet, you bounce back and, as you’ll see in “Shapeshifters” by Gavin Francis, so does your body.
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The Savvy Senior: Cheap Cell Phone Plans for Seldom Calling Seniors
By Jim MillerDear Savvy Senior
What are the cheapest cell phone plans available to seniors today? I’m 78-years-old and want it primarily for emergency purposes.
Infrequent Caller
Dear Infrequent,
While unlimited high-speed data, video streaming and mobile hot spot are now standard for most cell phone plans today, there are still a number of low-cost wireless plans designed with seniors in mind.
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The Savvy Senior: Cheap Cell Phone Plans for Seldom Calling Seniors
By Jim MillerDear Savvy Senior
What are the cheapest cell phone plans available to seniors today? I’m 78-years-old and want it primarily for emergency purposes.
Infrequent Caller
Dear Infrequent,
While unlimited high-speed data, video streaming and mobile hot spot are now standard for most cell phone plans today, there are still a number of low-cost wireless plans designed with seniors in mind.
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New Book ‘Gay & Bisexual Men Living with Prostate Cancer’ Explores Issue from Diagnosis to Recovery
VIA PRESS RELEASE
(New York, NY) June 12, 2018 – On June 19, LGBTQ scholarly publisher Harrington Park Press will release their latest book, “Gay & Bisexual Men Living with Prostate Cancer (from Diagnosis to Recovery).”
Like previous titles from the imprint, such as “Transgender Sex Work and Society” and “LGBTQ Hospice and Palliative Care,” the book is not only the first of its kind, but also necessary and timely.
Medical science has conspicuously–and shamefully–been complicit in valuing straight white men above all others. Women, racial minorities, and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning/queer (LGBTQ) communities are underrepresented in clinical trials, which limits our ability to identify their needs and to respond to them thoughtfully.
The LGBTQ community has been described as experiencing an “ignored epidemic” and characterized as a “growing and medically underserved population” in the area of cancer care.
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How Does Our Garden Grow
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‘Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’ Now Available for Preorder
The countdown begins! Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery is available now for preorder on Kindle, at the preorder special price of $1.99. That jumps to $4.99 on its release July 8.
In addition to this, a special 4-chapter excerpt is free for all email subscribers and will be sent out shortly, for download via BookFunnel (ePub, MOBI or PDF).
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‘Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery’ Now Available for Preorder
The countdown begins! Black Cat White Paws: A Maggie Dahl Mystery is available now for preorder on Kindle, at the preorder special price of $1.99. That jumps to $4.99 on its release July 8.
In addition to this, a special 4-chapter excerpt is free for all email subscribers and will be sent out shortly, for download via BookFunnel (ePub, MOBI or PDF).
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Gay Travelers Magazine: Sacred Tours of Mexico – Experience the Spiritual and Historical Traditions of Mexico
The following is reprinted with permission from Gay Travelers Magazine
By Steven Skelley and Thomas Routzong
We have enjoyed every single visit to Mexico. We have watched giant whales swim by. We have stood in awe viewing Mayan archeological sites. We swam with sea turtles. We have enjoyed luxurious resorts. Mexico is filled with beauty, history and wonderful vacation opportunities.
Sacred Tours of Mexico allows travelers to experience the spiritual and historical traditions of Mexico.
We asked Anne Key, Co-Founder and Tour Leader of Sacred Tours of Mexico, to tell us more. This is how she responded by email.
