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Anne Holmes hosts Pam Sams, a trusted financial advisor, to discuss the key points about Medicare, enrollment, updates for 2025, and factors to consider when reviewing coverage. Pam Sams aims to provi…
Anne Holmes hosts Pa…
Anne Holmes hosts Pam Sams, a trusted financial advisor, to discuss the key points about Medicare, enrollment, updates for 2025, and factors to consider when reviewing coverage. Pam Sams aims to provide Clarity on Medicare’s complex system, changes, and strategic advice to avoid common mistakes. Introduction to Medicare Pam Sams begins by explaining the basics of Medicare:Medicare is a federal health insurance program primarily for individuals aged 65 or older, and some younger individuals with disabilities. Medicare Open Enrollment runs from October 15 to December 7 each year. Th…
Anne Holmes
October 25, 2024 
By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Native American Pottery found in Santa Fe’s El Museo Cultural De Santa Fe (Native American Cultural Museum) located on Museum Hill. Photo courte…
By Linda Ballou, NAB…
By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Native American Pottery found in Santa Fe’s El Museo Cultural De Santa Fe (Native American Cultural Museum) located on Museum Hill. Photo courtesy Linda Ballou. Sheltered in the foothills of Sangre de Christo Mountains, Santa Fe has served as a resting place for travelers for centuries. It has become a cradle of creativity for artists of all stripes. With over 250 art galleries representing art from around the globe, the most ardent collectors will find the perfect piece to take home. The Spanish conquistadors who arrived in Santa Fe in t…
Anne Holmes
October 14, 2024 
In 1961 Douglas Rainsford Tompkins was one of the first to summit Mt. Fitzroy in the depths of southern Chile, and he fell in love with the magnitude and majesty of one of the few remaining wild place…
In 1961 Douglas Rain…
In 1961 Douglas Rainsford Tompkins was one of the first to summit Mt. Fitzroy in the depths of southern Chile, and he fell in love with the magnitude and majesty of one of the few remaining wild places on Earth. An avid outdoors man, he founded The North Face outdoor clothing and gear company and was co-founder of Esprit, both hugely successful enterprises. But his passion for the land prompted him to drop out of society to live in a small cottage in southern Chile with 150 million dollars in his piggy bank. He became an environmentalist with the dream of buying huge swaths of land and working…
Anne Holmes
August 28, 2024 By Phyllis Stoller, NABBW’s Group Travel AssociateHere, a WTG small travel group poses in front of the Duomo, or the cathedral church of Milan, Italy. It is famous for its collection of 4000 stat…
By Phyllis Stoller, …
By Phyllis Stoller, NABBW’s Group Travel AssociateHere, a WTG small travel group poses in front of the Duomo, or the cathedral church of Milan, Italy. It is famous for its collection of 4000 statues, gargoyles and figures — more than any other building in the world — as well as the Holy Nail relic and the Little Madonna, which is covered in 3,900 pieces of gold leaf and sits atop the tallest spire. The Duomo was constructed between 1386 and 1965 – yes almost 600 years! Photo courtesy PhyllisStoller. Tour groups composed of 15 or fewer travelers are probably a bit more expensive. B…
Anne Holmes
June 20, 2024 By Phyllis Stoller, NABBW’s Group Travel AssociateHere, a WTG small travel group poses in front of the Duomo, or the cathedral church of Milan, Italy. It is famous for its collection of 4000 stat…
By Phyllis Stoller, …
By Phyllis Stoller, NABBW’s Group Travel AssociateHere, a WTG small travel group poses in front of the Duomo, or the cathedral church of Milan, Italy. It is famous for its collection of 4000 statues, gargoyles and figures — more than any other building in the world — as well as the Holy Nail relic and the Little Madonna, which is covered in 3,900 pieces of gold leaf and sits atop the tallest spire. The Duomo was constructed between 1386 and 1965 – yes almost 600 years! Photo courtesy PhyllisStoller. Tour groups composed of 15 or fewer travelers are probably a bit more expensive. B…
Anne Holmes
June 20, 2024 By Phyllis Stoller, NABBW’s Group Travel AssociateHere, a WTG small travel group poses in front of the Duomo, or the cathedral church of Milan, Italy. It is famous for its collection of 4000 stat…
By Phyllis Stoller, …
By Phyllis Stoller, NABBW’s Group Travel AssociateHere, a WTG small travel group poses in front of the Duomo, or the cathedral church of Milan, Italy. It is famous for its collection of 4000 statues, gargoyles and figures — more than any other building in the world — as well as the Holy Nail relic and the Little Madonna, which is covered in 3,900 pieces of gold leaf and sits atop the tallest spire. The Duomo was constructed between 1386 and 1965 – yes almost 600 years! Photo courtesy PhyllisStoller. Tour groups composed of 15 or fewer travelers are probably a bit more expensive. B…
Anne Holmes
June 20, 2024 
Some of the flowers at Blue River Resort. Linda Ballou photo. By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Bowers of luxuriant tropical flowers grace the well-tended grounds of the Blue Riv…
Some of the flowers …
Some of the flowers at Blue River Resort. Linda Ballou photo. By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Bowers of luxuriant tropical flowers grace the well-tended grounds of the Blue River Resort and Hot Springs. Magenta spikes of torch ginger, mounds of yellow hibiscus, and many varieties of dripping orange heliconia brighten the scene. Meandering paths lead to several pools heated with thermal energy from the nearby Rincon de la Vieja volcano. Cool-off pools are just feet away. Inside a maze of trails is a butterfly farm where brilliant Blue Morphos waft on a gentle breeze. Wan…
Anne Holmes
June 16, 2024 
Take Control of Your Finances: A New Year's Guide to Financial Success.Key Topics:💡 Pam Sams emphasizes the importance of personal financial goals and the need to seek guidance rather t…
Take Control of Your…
Take Control of Your Finances: A New Year's Guide to Financial Success.Key Topics:💡 Pam Sams emphasizes the importance of personal financial goals and the need to seek guidance rather than trying to handle everything alone. ✨ Pam Sams highlights the key points of the Secure Act 2.0, including student loan payments as elective deferrals, penalty-free withdrawals for emergency expenses, and the transfer of funds from 529 plans to Roth IRAs. 🔁 Pam Sams suggests recapping 2023 goals and strategies to assess progress and make necessary adjustments for the new year. 📊…
Anne Holmes
January 29, 2024 
Title: Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity Author: Peter Attia, MD (author, audiobook narrator) with Bill Gifford (author) Reviewed for BabyBoomer.org by Gregory Damian I started listening …
Title: Outlive: The …
Title: Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity Author: Peter Attia, MD (author, audiobook narrator) with Bill Gifford (author) Reviewed for BabyBoomer.org by Gregory Damian I started listening to Peter Attia MD’s “The Drive” podcast in December of 2021. At first I was skeptical of some of Dr Attia’s thoughts and positions. I assumed he was a standard medicine 2.0 doctor. Medicine 2.0 is the term that Peter, himself, uses for the current state of health care, or more properly labeled “disease care.” I was quickly convinced that his approaches were much more holistic and thou…
Anne Holmes
April 27, 2023 
Title: Lost Angel Unleashed: Stories from the Heart (Lost Angel Travel Series: Book Three) Author Linda Ballou Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne HolmesBooks in Linda Ballou’s Lost Angel Series Lo…
Title: Lost Angel Un…
Title: Lost Angel Unleashed: Stories from the Heart (Lost Angel Travel Series: Book Three) Author Linda Ballou Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne HolmesBooks in Linda Ballou’s Lost Angel Series Lost Angel Unleashed is the third in Linda Ballou’s Lost Angel Travel Series. The first two are Lost Angel Walkabout: One Traveler’s Tales and Lost Angel in Paradise: Outdoor Days From L.A. to the Lost Coast of California. Walkabout covers Linda’s travel writing experiences up until about 2010 and Paradise shares 32 of her favorite day trips from Malibu to Mendocino. I have now been privileg…
Anne Holmes
April 19, 2023 
Title: Noble Chaos: A Novel Author Brent Green Audiobook narrated by Jack de Golia Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne HolmesLet me begin my review with this disclaimer: Brent Green’s Noble Chaos,…
Title: Noble Chaos: …
Title: Noble Chaos: A Novel Author Brent Green Audiobook narrated by Jack de Golia Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne HolmesLet me begin my review with this disclaimer: Brent Green’s Noble Chaos, is a book that powerfully resonates in my heart. It speaks deeply to me, as not only was I a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the early 1970s, but Madison is my hometown. Which means I was there during the 1960’s, when that campus became a hotbed of student activism, with student protests mostly focused on the highly unpopular Viet Nam war.In high school, I had a part-tim…
Anne Holmes
January 15, 2023 
Awesome Boomer-Focused Game Recommendation by Anne Holmes for the NABBWWhat do a roller skate key, a roach clip, dog tags, a plastic 45 RPM record insert and a Students for Kennedy campaign but…
Awesome Boomer-Focus…
Awesome Boomer-Focused Game Recommendation by Anne Holmes for the NABBWWhat do a roller skate key, a roach clip, dog tags, a plastic 45 RPM record insert and a Students for Kennedy campaign button have in common? Well, beyond being items you've hardly thought about lately, perhaps they are triggers that remind you of your youth. (And if you found them in a cigar box under your childhood bed, we're certain of that.) But these days, they are also tokens in an awesome new board game called Boom Again. A game that comes neatly packaged in a cigar box which gives you and your friends…
Anne Holmes
December 21, 2022 
Pap Pap goes to Paris By Janie Dempsey Watts, Illustrated by Lyn Martin Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne HolmesSnow globes and the winter holidays always seem to go together, so this is a wonderful ti…
Pap Pap goes to Pari…
Pap Pap goes to Paris By Janie Dempsey Watts, Illustrated by Lyn Martin Reviewed for the NABBW by Anne HolmesSnow globes and the winter holidays always seem to go together, so this is a wonderful time for me to share author and grandmother Janie Dempsey Watts’s delightful picture book about Ricky, his parents and his grandfather, who are lucky enough to live together. The book, available in both paperback and Kindle, is beautifully illustrated by Lyn Martin, who has previously illustrated more than 35 children’s books. Not quite 30 pages long, the book is a perfect length for bedtime sto…
Anne Holmes
December 1, 2022 
