Lifetimes

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

ST. PETERSBURG

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.

Minimum of 10 years of work needed to qualify for Social Security

Put in at least 10 years for retirement benefits

The dream? A good night's sleep

Been sleeping like a baby lately — a baby that wakes up at midnight and doesn't go back to sleep until 3.

Shrimp with garlic sauce inspired by Frida Kalo, Diego Rivera exhibit

The Frida & Diego: Passion, Politics, and Painting exhibit at Atlanta's High Museum pulses with life. You can almost hear the conversations and the music that must have been the backdrop as Kahlo and Rivera shared their lives.

Stay out of nursing homes and in your own home with a few remodeling changes

For many elder Americans, growing older often means uncomfortable changes in the ability to do day-to-day tasks and even basic mobility. One aspect of aging that millions of seniors are clear on is that they do not want to move out of familiar surroundings and into a nursing home. One alternative that is becoming …

See Boz Scaggs, dog tricks, pamper Mom at Tampa Bay events in May

1 Back to the '70s

Where were you when Boz Scaggs hit it big with his album (remember those round black discs?) Silk Degrees in 1976? I was a student at Ohio State and I can still conjure up the song Lowdown from the jukebox in my memory bank. You, too? Well, you can hear him again at 8 …

ID thieves pose as public employees issuing new Medicare cards

If someone calls you from the "Health and Welfare Department," tells you you're getting a new Medicare card and asks you lots of personal questions, beware. It's a scam. They are identity thieves.

Snowbirds from Ohio fall in love, watch Buckeyes, go on cruises

Newlyweds Duane and Nancy Campbell, who are both 77, lived a block from each other for 25 years in Columbus, Ohio. Their kids went all through school together. They no doubt shopped in the same stores, ate in the same restaurants, watched the same Ohio State Buckeyes games in sports bars. And yet, they had to travel …

Elaine Stritch keeps up cabaret show, '30 Rock' gig at 88

NEW YORK — Elaine Stritch sat in her usual place on the tiny raised stage at the Café Carlyle, the pricey 100-seat cabaret/supper club in the hotel where the actor has lived for more than a decade. Nearby, right where he has hovered for years, was her supportive pianist, Rob Bowman. She wore pretty much what …