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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Fran Davis said she can’t retire because she’s having too much fun. She accepted a position with the Florence Parks and Recreation Department as activities director for the senior center 14 years ago. The job, she said, has offered her so many opportunities to travel, learn new skills, pick up exciting hobbies, and
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Randy and Sharon Hollander were in their mid-50s when they sat in a kayak on the water for the first time in their lives. Now in their 60s, they say the water sport has not only brought them closer as a couple, but it’s given them something new to do with their grandsons.
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Melanie Allen | Wealth of Geeks undefined Want a better life? You need a hobby. A study published last year in Nature reveals that people who engage in hobbies experience greater life satisfaction, more happiness, and fewer depressive episodes than those who don’t. The study tracked nearly 100,000 participants across 15 countries for three years, finding a consistent positive link
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Whenever Doris Achenbach Alewine shares her story, she almost always begins with her early life in Germany during World War II. “I always say, I almost got killed by the Americans in 1945, and then in 1967, I became one of them,” she shares the anecdote with a small laugh. Though she’s proud
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus In the next couple of weeks, John Norton will begin putting out tomato and pepper sprouts he’s been nurturing and monitoring in his basement since February. Though his home garden boasts several raised beds that produce a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs and berries all year long, Norton is known locally among
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Master Gardeners Paula Kelley and Jenia Bradford have been members of the program long enough to find areas they specialize in, but both gardeners credit Betty and Dennis Balch for building the Shoals Association into the organization it is today. Bradford said the Shoals Master Gardeners owe some of their biggest ongoing projects,
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus When Bobby Aday is asked why he opened Pop Pop’s Boxing Gym in Tuscumbia after retiring from owning a construction company for 25 years, his answer is straight if not a little ambitious. “My goal is to change the world through the sport of boxing,” Aday said. Aday — who earned his nickname,
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