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PSA: Beware of Scammers Preying on Older Adults

PSA: Beware of Scammers Preying on Older Adults

While running on the treadmill this afternoon, I caught a few minutes of a CBS news segment discussing the 250 person ring accused of scamming older adults. Who does this? Preying on people who have all sorts of reasons that just scream “don’t pick on me” when there’s plenty of other folk to prey on is just seriously wrong. I tell my 82 year old mother all the time, “if someone calls you and…

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Gracias a la Vida

Gracias a la Vida

Gracias a la Vida

by Angie Littlefield

I sit in conversation with Manuel, my friend Dulce’s husband—a man whose woes compare with Job’s. He tilts sightless eyes towards me. He can barely hear. We finally establish who I am after I shout in a mix of English and high-school Spanish. Dulce works at this point in her life, and I have come to feed Manuel lunch. I see two unused hospital trays of food…

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Love is Blind

On a lazy weekend of snow storms, I chose my partner in crime and we went through the 36 questions, gazing lovingly into each other’s eyes. I’m pretty sure that by the 15th question, we were getting rather tired and bored of the Q & A session. Yet, we kept

Love is Blind

By Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D.

A study published in 1996by husband and wife team Arthur and Elaine N. Aron from SUNY Stony Brook (and Edward Melinat, Robert Darrin Vallone and Renee J. Bator) set out to study the correlation between intimacy and connections with others through eye gazing and asking self-disclosing questions. Fast forward a couple decades to the mid 2000’s and psychologist…

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Love & Fidelity: For Better or Worse

Love & Fidelity: For Better or Worse

Love & Fidelity: For Better or Worse

by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D.

As a practicing educational psychologist and counselor, I see many couples and individuals for relationship counseling. Typically, people seek counseling when their relationship has gone sour or is facing a particular crisis. Rarely do couples seek counseling when their relationship is doing well.

But why wait until things are bad? Do…

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Nonagenarian Earns Modeling Contract

Nonagenarian Earns Modeling Contract

97 year young, Iris Apfel recently signed an iconic contract with international modeling agency IMG. Our hats off to CEO’s Patrick Whitesell and Ari Emanual for seeing beyond a number and recognizing the power of beauty and style regardless of age. Mrs. Apfel had a Barbie doll created in her image at the age of 96 and has had a successful career as a businesswoman, interior designer and fashion…

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Eagles’ Wings Clipped

Eagles’ Wings Clipped

by Tracy E. Hill PhD

I watch with great enthusiasm and excitementas the Philadelphia Eagles score on their first two drives. An amazing play by Cre’Von LeBlanc as he picks off an interception from Brees. Nick Foles follows it up with a 37-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Matthews. The extra point stokes the frenzy, which builds over the next drive, where Foles stretches the…

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Kevin & Avonte's Law

Kevin & Avonte’s Law

Kevin & Avonte’s Law

by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D.

Kevin and Avonte’s Law is a bipartisan bill that was initially introduced in 2014 and passed in the spring of 2018 in memory of two boys who drowned after wandering off from school. Kevin Curtis Willis (9 years old) and 14 year old Avonte Oquendo both wandered off and were later found washed ashore in a body of water in their respective states (Iowa…

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The Rising Costs of Health Care

The Rising Costs of Health Care

The Rising Costs of Health Care

by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D.

While running on the treadmill recently, I saw a commercial for a credit card that promised “cash back” and a business man who received $36,000 back which he reported that he used to pay for his employees health care. That seemed like a whole lot of money to me and a bit far fetched if I might say. But it got me thinking about health care…

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President George H.W. Bush Dies

President George H.W. Bush Dies

President George H.W. Bush Dies

The 41st President of the United States was laid to rest on November 30, 2018 at the ripe age of 94 years young.  George Bush well known for his flamboyant socks, will be sporting a pair of socks adorned with a squadron of planes to pay tribute to his lifetime of civil service when he is laid to rest.

Born in Massachusetts and raised in Connecticut, Bush  married…

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Childhood Friends

Childhood Friends

by Tracy E. Hill

There is something different and eternally wonderful about your childhood friends. And even better is one who to this day is still your “bestie.”

I recently had the occasion to have one of my oldest and dearest friends over for a visit. Although we keep in touch via text, email and phone calls, there’s nothing that compares to girl time in person. And better…

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Join Silver Sage Kickstarter!

Join Silver Sage Kickstarter!

Crowdfunding Campaign

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/153141858/silver-sage-magazine

Our goal is to raise $10,000. This is an all or nothing campaign. We are committed and dedicated to providing you – our readers with informative, timely, compelling, clever and intelligent content. We want to bring stories to you from all over the world and from all walks of life. But to do that, we need…

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A Charitable Shave

A Charitable Shave

Proctor & Gamble has takentheir personal care products to a new level with the invention of the new Treo razor. The Gillette blade was first invented in 1901 by King C. Gillette who brought disposable razors to the common people. Although not credited with actually inventing the disposable razor blade, Gillette is credited with bringing cheap, disposable razors to mass…

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Kickstarter Campaign Update

Crowdfunding Campaign

We are excited to announce that we will be launching a Kickstarter Campaign very soon! Our goal is to raise $10,000. We are committed and dedicated to providing you – our readers with informative, timely, compelling, clever and intelligent content. We want to bring stories to you from all over the world and from all walks of life. But to do that, we need your help to make it…

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Silver Sage Tri's at Rock Hall MD

Silver Sage Tri’s at Rock Hall MD

Silver Sage Tri’s at Rock Hall, MD

By Tracy E. Hill

After a disappointing non-start back in June for a triathlon in Long Beach Island, Manahawkin New Jersey (due to a herniated disk the day before the tri), I was excited for my upcoming triathlon in Rock Hall, Maryland. However, due to the unexpected herniated disk as well as working long hours, I hadn’t trained as effectively and hard as I…

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Venus Beats Kuznetsova

Venus Beats Kuznetsova

Not quite a Silver Sager, at 38 years old, Venus Williams knocked 33 year old Russian, Svetlana Kuznetsova on the court to win today’s match. Perhaps Venus’s last show at the big U.S. Open, she dealt 114 mile an hour serves in the sweltering heat to ultimately crush the younger player. As I pounded away a few miles on the treadmill while I watched, I cheered every point…

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Protecting Your Privacy Online

Protecting Your Privacy Online

Protecting Your Privacy Online

by Tracy E. Hill

So Facebook hasone of the market’s largest one day drop in value ever on NASDAQ.  But whether you own Facebook stock or not, the bigger question is how do you protect your online privacy? Mark Zuckerberg fared well with the interrogation from the House and Senate on how he will help protect our privacy. Yet, if he were questioned from an…