Lifetimes

Tales of rescued pets: dogs, cats and even a bunny

They aren't just cats and dogs (and rabbits), they are members of our family. • From Bruce the bulldog who could hardly walk after being locked in a cage at a puppy mill to a stray cat named Phineas who wouldn't let anyone touch him for a year and a half, animal after …

Peanut-Coconut Crusted Scallops a treasure from the sea

Chopped peanuts and flaked coconut form a savory-sweet crust for fresh scallops. Saute the scallops and serve them on a bed of sauteed spinach flavored with coconut milk. Rice microwaved for a minute, tossed with shredded carrots and flavored with coconut milk makes a quick side dish. The carrots get slightly cooked in …

Reduce stress with yoga, tai chi, meditation

We all can recognize feelings of stress overload, and they are not pleasant. A tightening of muscles, headaches, anxiety, sleeplessness, a racing heartbeat and blood pressure that feels way too high. With overloaded schedules, deadlines and everyday hassles, stress seems inevitable. Approximately 77 percent of all …

Gay senior author writes Memorial Day poem to remember fallen military brethren

C.G. Mitchell (his friends call him Carl) of St. Petersburg has seen a lot in his 81 years.

Visiting cats and dogs bring joy to elderly in nursing homes

The man in the nursing home sat in his wheelchair.

5 things to do in June

1 Princess of Parodies: Traci Kanaan, the classically trained pianist from Berea, Ohio, who now uses, by her own admission, her $60,000 college degree to whip out silly ditties, will be the headliner at Girls Night Out, the annual comedy show, now in its third year, at the Carrollwood Cultural …

Carl the piano man on success, music and entertaining baby boomers

It's 6 o'clock on a Wednesday, the regular crowd shuffles in. Alone or in pairs, they belly up to the bar in front of Carl Fuerstman to listen to him make magic on the piano, playing covers, medleys and even some of his original songs at Billy's Stonecrab restaurant in Tierra Verde. There's a big glass bowl in the …

Gulfport senior couple with kids and grandkids mentor others in reading

Learning to read these days is no longer just about Dick and Jane.

St. Petersburg woman, 94, heads to 67th national bowling meet

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When Mini Tvaska started bowling, she did it in her stocking feet and threw a 16-pound black ball. Young boys, not automation, righted the pins after each frame by tossing them into the holes in a metal pin-setting contraption and then pulling a lever that lowered them back onto the lane for the …

Seniors get better workout at gym if they avoid common mistakes

Want to receive the maximum benefit from your gym workouts? Performing strength training exercises with proper technique is the key to safe and effective results.