Great Sex After 50
Romance

Testosterone: The Key to Great Sex After 50

Yesterday I got this thin, 12-page magazine in the mail claiming on its cover that testosterone levels are the key to great sex after 50. I’d heard that. What piqued my interest was the cover photograph of a geezer sitting with a grin wide as Nevada’s Bunny Ranch being adored by a lovely lass half…

Japanese Seniors
Senior Stories Travel

Japanese Seniors: Japan’s Other Disaster

I don’t know whether it was my second or third trip driving through Sendai, Japan in the 1950s. It was then that I noticed two old Nipponese women sitting on a bench outside one of the local train stations. There Goes the Bride, Groom, Kids I was an analyst for an Army Intelligence operation in…

Being Invisible
Senior Stories

Senior Citizens Become Invisible After 60

When Did I Become Invisible? As a kid of the ‘40s, I’d spend hours daydreaming about the enchanting prospects of invisibility. Being invisible just seemed super cool to me. I’d see movies, free. I’d sneak a peek at a naked Mary Lou Bjorken in the girls’ locker room. Oh I admit, I was too young…

Thirties Movies
Nostalgia

Movies of the Thirties: Film History

In the thirties, the most fun was going to the movies. We were lucky to have sound — which just came in a few years before — and it made everything seem real. One of our first movies was “Public Enemy” starring James Cagney, who smashed a grapefruit on his girlfriend’s face. Then came Johnny…

Men Wearing Hats
Nostalgia

A Tip of the Hat to a Proud American Tradition

Look at any outdoor photograph of American men taken before 1960 and you’ll see every last man wearing a hat. Be it a fedora or homburg, slouch or porkpie, Panama or boater, hats used to be as essential as shoes, adding a fine flourish to proper manly appearance. Remember? The hat was so common that…

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