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On Life and Love After 50: Six Amazing Humanitarian Women

Tom Blake By Tom Blake Saturday, March 21, was a beautiful day. After being quarantined inside their homes for most of the week, people had…

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On Life and Love after 50: Why Can’t Senior Men Be ‘Just Friends’?

 By Tom Blake Janice, not her true name, age 70, emailed, with this question: “Why can’t senior men be ‘just friends’ with a lady? “I…

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On Life and Love after 50: Mission Accomplished in Pago Pago, American Samoa

By Tom Blake  My partner, Greta, and I disembarked from the Holland America cruise ship M.S. Amsterdam at 9 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 21, in…

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On Life and Love after 50: Having a Sling in Singapore before Noon

By Tom Blake I never drink alcohol before noon, and the thought of drinking something stronger than beer or wine before that time is even…

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On Life and Love after 50: A Senior Woman Blames Men for Relationship Problems

By Tom Blake This January, I wrote an online column about LAT (living apart together) relationships. In the article, I quoted a male reader, who…

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On Life and Love after 50: How Seniors Combat the Feeling of Loneliness

By Tom Blake On Oct. 19, CBS News featured an article titled, “Former surgeon general sounds the alarm on the loneliness epidemic.” In the article,…

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On Life and Love After 50: Reunited High School Classmates Defy Conventional Wisdom on Senior Dating

  By Tom Blake As a columnist writing about love and relationships for 23 years, I’ve strongly advocated that single seniors know each other well…

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On Life and Love after 50: Adversity Inspires San Clemente Woman to Write a Book

By Tom Blake The underlying message in my previous article—opportunity often arises from adversity—struck a chord with several readers. A San Clemente resident named Karen,…

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On Life and Love After 50: Older singles’ dating issue: Chemistry

By Tom Blake Older singles hoping to find a relationship face many challenges. One of the more delicate ones is chemistry. A widower emailed: “My…

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On Life and Love After 50: Anatomy of a Romance Scam

By Tom Blake Three months ago, at the request of several singles age 50 and older who wanted to correspond and exchange photos and stories…

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Tom Blake: Marriage vs. Living Together, an Age-old Question for Single Seniors

By Tom Blake In May, my significant other, Greta, and I took a 15-day river cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam. On the boat, the first…

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