15 Social Protocols for the Working World by Lucy E.M. Black As a writer of historical fiction, I am happy to own Social Etiquette: or Manners and Customs of Polite Society, published in 1878.* Books like this serve me well as useful references for nineteenth-century life, and, while some chapters of this book are obscure Read more
Protecting Your Privacy Online by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. Facebook has taken a huge hit for it’s use of our personal information. 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 Read more
Small Steps to Big Resolutions by Bernadette Sukley According to U.S. News & World Report, the failure rate for New Year’s resolutions is about 80 percent, and most of us lose our resolve by mid-February. There’s an adage that you can eat an elephant—by eating one spoonful at a time. This is true of resolutions. Read more
My Two Favorite Books of 2020 by Jude Joseph Lovell Proving the old adage about time, flight, and having fun, I return again for the third year in a row to share my two favorite books of the year. While neither of these titles were published recently, both are well worth the investment of time Read more
Jamie’s Cryin’—The Life and Loss of Edward “Eddie” Van Halen (Jan. 26, 1955–Oct. 6, 2020) By Elizabeth Cruciani The year 2020 has been cruel and unforgiving, especially to those in the music industry. Not just because the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to all live performances, but also due to the loss of several talented Read more
The End of the Salad Bar by Chris Kaiser Can any Silver Sager imagine life without the ubiquitous salad bar? Once a mere afterthought to keep display items on ice, over our lifetimes it has morphed into a 40-plus-item behemoth with raw and prepared foods and both hot and cold selections. But the current coronavirus Read more
Planning Holidays In a Pandemic by Donna Scrafano Like everything else under pandemic restrictions, holidays have been and will continue to be celebrated differently in my family. When the world shut down in March, everyone seemed to be scrambling about trying to figure out how to live their daily lives. Holidays were not the main Read more
Home for the Holidays This year, many of our writers and contributors will have a new tradition of sorts for the holidays, no thanks to COVID19. In honor of our fabulous family of writers, I asked them to send a short sentence or two on how they will be spending Thanksgiving this year. Remember that Read more
Bored in Retirement? No Way! by Peter Kravitz For the first time in 32 years, my September and October weren’t defined by grading essays, planning lessons, waking up at 5 a.m., and then elbowing a tattooed social studies teacher away from the copy machine for that last-minute idea for my first-period class. I’m still writing Read more
Halloween and Popcorn Balls (inspired by an actual event) by Christina Fain Halloween, for most of us, is a time to become someone you are not and sneak candy out of plastic pumpkins. This year, I am walking away with a story to tell. My mother-in-law passed away a few months ago, and she was Read more
