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There was an article by Gary Small, a well-known UCLA memory expert, titled “Paul McCartney’s memory lapses.” Apparently, Paul McCartney (who is now 68 and too old to be a baby boomer) admitted that he has times, such as during ...

Céad míle fáilte (kade-milly- fall –cha) is an old Irish greeting meaning 100,000 welcomes. Thanks to the support of many, particularly the citizens of Collier and Lee counties, our Irish folk band West of Galway was able to experience the ...

Got pot? Maybe not yet, but that might change in a couple months on the Pacific Coast because the California secretary of state (this past March) certified a November vote on a ballot measure that would legalize, tax and regulate ...

The night my wife, another couple and I went to the movies to see the Julia Roberts big deal film, “Eat, Pray, Love,” the husband half of the other couple leaned over as we sat down and said, “Don, do ...

Where our northern friends list their homes for the summer, a lot of the Southwest Florida real estate is listed in the fall. Those fresh real estate listings are going to be priced according to recent comparable sales and competing ...

We sure do love our millions, don’t we? Admit it, we think somebody has “made it” when he becomes a millionaire, right? And when we want our kids to come to dinner, we remind them that we told them a ...

Robert Louis Stevenson said, “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.” Personally, I want to do both but the starting process is the bit I would avoid if I could — specifically, the packing. If, like me, ...

Distracted driving is extremely dangerous and can cause personal injury and property damage. Drivers who use hand-held devices are four times as likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

I was yet to be born when Frank Capra directed the hit movie “Lost Horizon,” but I know the story well. A plane is hijacked and its passengers are taken to a lush, peaceful valley called Shangri-La. In Shangri-La, everyone ...

I was having lunch with my mom the other day when she mentioned that her sciatica was bothering her. Sciatica is, literally, inflammation of the sciatic nerve, which travels from the pelvis down the back of the leg to the ...

When you think of great combinations, bridal gowns and mud is not the first one that springs to mind. But Saturday, 36 photographers and 16 models got together on the grounds at Unity of Naples Church in East Naples for ...

Who knew a thumb-pecked, 22-word text message that had nothing to do with me could have so much to do with what I needed to do to heal? A friend who’s on a boat that’s goodness knows where or how ...

Lifting yourself up is the hardest part. True in life. True in aerial silks. “The goal is to create an illusion that it’s easy,” said Karen Sipe, right, the instructor for the aerial silks class, part of Gymnastics World Dance ...

There won’t be children inside these strollers, but the occupants might squeal like little boys and girls once this derby really gets going and the big plastic wheels are spinning like mad. Collier Child Care Resources Inc., a private, nonprofit ...

It’s a situation every business has experienced at some point. Someone calls and requests information, but then in subsequent conversations that person will offer a myriad of excuses as to why they can’t come in to see what you’re all ...