Social Seniors

1. Happy Valentine Anniversary, Elbridge and Doris!

   90 years ago today, Elbridge Hutchinson McLean and Doris Horton Dennison were married in Portland, Maine. He, despite his tremor from being gassed in France, where he’d been a motorcycle dispatch rider and horse-drawn ambulence driver. She, … Continue

2. Senior Love: Valentines for seniors

   Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and if you’re searching for a last minute valentine for a senior, what could be better than a song? Song lyrics make perfect Valentine sentiments, and it’s fun when they’re from a special … Continue

3. Social Seniors: housing for elderly benefit dinner

   What if we had to hold a bake sale to buy a fighter jet? OK, what if we had to hold a public dinner to support our senior living communities? That’s one way to show our support of … Continue

4. The Good Old Days: We didn’t have the Green thing

   Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment. The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have … Continue

5. Senior Halloween Costumes: 6 Fast, Fun, Easy & Cheap Dress Up Ideas!

   Tomorrow night is October 31, All Hallows Eve, or Halloween, and that calls for some imaginative senior Halloween costumes.  The first thing you have to find out is if the kids in your neighborhood are trick or treating. The … Continue

6. 5 Time Tips for Social Media

   Yeah, we’ve all heard it before: you can’t save time. You have all there is, and each person is allotted the same number of minutes in every day. Then why is it that I lose an hour … Continue

7. Is that Mushroom Poisonous? A talk with Tom Seymour

   If you’ve always longed to be able to stroll into the woods or meadow and pluck something delicious from the edible wild landscape, come listen to Tom Seymour, author of Wild Plants of Maine: A Useful Guide. … Continue