Active Lifestyle

“Voting is arguably the most important civic opportunity given to citizens in the United States.” So begins a U.S. Census Bureau analysis of age-related voting trends in presidential elections from…

Lake Erie changed my life. For the first 30 years of my life, I gave little thought to this Great Lake 200 miles north of my home in Cincinnati. But…

Politics and the upcoming 2016 election are most definitely “center stage” if you watch, read or listen to the news these days. A few weeks ago, those of us who…

It’s summer, and it’s a great time to be outside. What better time is there to get out and ride a bicycle? More and more communities offer trails for cycling…

Your family probably engaged in ‘intergenerational travel” long before the term was part of our lexicon. Maybe your grandparents took you out west to camp in Yellowstone National Park, or…

When summer comes I like to: Head to a cool body of water, preferably with a beach. Visit my children, grandchildren or other far-flung relatives. Hole up in a remote…

Like many reporters in the 1980s, I was assigned to cover a birthday party when someone turned 100. Reaching that milestone was news, and newspaper and TV reporters and photographers…

“I could have danced all night,” Julie Andrews sang in My Fair Lady. But in reality, she has danced all her life. Turns out dancing isn’t just for fun. It’s…

Most people know that the Northern Ohio city of Oberlin is home to Oberlin College students and older adults who live at Kendal at Oberlin.  Young and old feel a…