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After decades as an attentive wife and mother, it took falling down stairs and almost cracking her head open for Lorraine Duffy Merkl to start setting b...
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After decades as an attentive wife and mother, it took falling down stairs and almost cracking her head open for Lorraine Duffy Merkl to start setting b...
With the new version of West Side Story now in theaters, Sherry Amatenstein can't help but think of parallels to her own love life and the important dif...
She gave us much to laugh about and was the perfect role model for aging boldly and outrageously. We can't thank Betty White enough for leading such an ...
Even though we think more about change at this time of year, Jeannie Edmunds, photographed here at her recent wedding, believes we don't have to wait fo...
Did you laugh at Saturday Night Live's skit called "Boomers Got the Vax"? And is it still funny now that we're dealing with Omicron or just ironic?...
We've lost another iconic writer and thinker, but Joan Didion's work was so ground-breaking in its terse style and cultural criticism that it will alway...
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The swankiest suite and the scruffiest budget room have exactly one thing in common: you will spend your first hours there completely baffled....
What to do if your job has been the organizing principle of your life for 33 years? You escape to South America to keep your sense of wonder alive. ...
On a mother-daughter trip in Ireland, Jennifer McGaha contemplates letting go--of an adult daughter leaving the nest and of a dear friend who had recen...
By night, she's a bass player. By day, she fights sex trafficking. Any chance she gets, she's a traveler--now a NextTribe traveler. ...
The companion side of every great trip is a quiet inventory of things that didn't make it home — and what we learned from losing them....
Their marriages ended at the same time. So Elena Seibert and a friend found healing and a new beginning over 8 days of grueling hiking in the Alps. ...
The shoes you wear on your travels can make or break your experience. Here we select 16 of the best styles--from loafers to sandals and more. ...
After her daughter left home, Jessica Seiders started traveling to fill the empty space. Only when the pandemic forced her to stop moving did that truly...
Travel experts and researchers have landed on a remarkably specific consensus: the best years for travel are roughly 50 to 75....
Sick of seeing tiny teenage models in bathing suit ads? Us too. Here, 11 styles worn by REAL women—NextTribers on vacation. Plus, two other swim essen...
There are two ways to travel—slow and fast. Jeannie Ralston tried both in India—and one left her breathless while the other left her exhausted....
She never thought of herself as adventurous before, but since Leigh Anne McKellar lost her husband she's up for trying most anything. ...
Visits to farms offer a richer perspective on a culture. Here is how travelers connect with the land, its bounty and its people. ...
You want an adventure. He can't keep up. If you're aging at different rates, what happens to your travel plans?...