By Jerry Zezima Since I am in the holiday spirit (and, having just consumed a mug of hot toddy, a glass of eggnog and a nip of cheer, the holiday spirits are in me), I have decided to follow in that great tradition of boring everyone silly by writing a Christmas letter. That is why […]
Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it — you feel it. You know it. You believe it. May you never be too grown up to search the skies on Christmas Eve. Our heartfelt wish to you on behalf of everyone here at 360° Nation; Throughout the holiday season and across the new year, may […]
When I was younger, living in New York, I had a good dentist. He had a terrible bedside manner — he was gruff, he scowled, he was almost scary-looking — but he knew his stuff. He kept my teeth bright and shiny for 25 years. Then he retired. […]
As a minimalist, I don’t do much shopping. Before the pandemic, I bought most of my clothes from the sales racks at Macy’s. Its clothes seem to be O.K. for older women. I did go shopping several times with my daughter Lisa, who lives in Madrid, and we shopped at H&M, Zara, and other stores. […]
Image by inna mykytas from Pixabay Solo Holidays can Be Fun! Are you dreading spending the holidays alone? Perhaps you’re going through a divorce, you recently moved to a new city, or your loved ones live too far away to travel. With the COVID pandemic taking another spike, you may wish to avoid people […]
When is the appropriate time to make the change from being “full code” to being “no code”? Full code means that when your heart stops, and you have died, medical professionals or paramedics will do everything medically possible to try and restart your heart. No code means that if your heart stops, medical professionals or […]
Last night I met a woman who was in town to help her daughter with her grandchildren. After listening to her story, it affirmed that people don’t readily share the challenges they are having unless for some reason it comes up in conversation. It happens much more often than anyone realizes. I know for myself, […]
Henrietta and Joseph Virchick My husband likes to tell a story about his father, Joseph Virchick, who was a pipefitter for the Standard Oil refinery in Bayonne, New Jersey, starting in the 1950s. It was a union job – the Teamsters – paying solid middle-class wages that supported his family in an upscale Levitt development […]
Tips on how to stay positive when your life is falling apart. Have you ever found yourself in a situation where life was falling apart and you couldn’t stop thinking about all the problems you were facing? If you have been there, then you know the feeling of being stuck in a rut and wondering […]
Scams are terrible, especially during the holidays. But scammers are out there every day, searching for their next victim. Scammers will ask you to pay with gift cards. Why? Because they’re like cash: once you use a gift card, the money is gone. A scammer may say they’re from a government agency and you need […]
