0 SC SURF, Surf Headlines Return of the ‘Kookbox’ Cumbersome boards from the 1930s back in the water By Jake Howard Proving that what’s old is new again, Dane Gudauskas and Capo Beach-based surfboard…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: A Reunion with an Elegant Old Friend Tom Blake By Tom Blake On Saturday night, March 7, I had a reunion with an elegant old friend. I’ve written about her before, after…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: Lying About One’s Age on a Senior Dating Profile Tom Blake By Tom Blake This month, Arlene, a South Orange County resident who’s in her mid-60s, shared a story about a man who contacted…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: New Mates’ Family Members Threatened by Potential Loss of Inheritance Tom Blake By Tom Blake On Sunday, Jan. 5, my partner, Greta, and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, Knives Out. As we settled into our…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: A 2019 Tribute to Departed Friends Tom Blake By Tom Blake As 2019 draws to a close, this column is a tribute to our readers’ friends and loved ones who’ve passed…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love After 50: Hot Potato Topic – Women Dating Younger Men Tom Blake By Tom Blake I met Jackie at one of our senior Meet and Greet gatherings in Dana Point this year. She asked a…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Divorced South County Man Navigates the Dating Scene By Tom Blake Tom Blake As a senior dating columnist, my job is never boring. Danny emailed, “I enjoy reading your column in the Dana…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: San Clemente Couple Overcomes Relationship Challenges By Tom Blake Tom Blake San Clemente residents Chris and Christine (Tina) Anastasio are no strangers to my newspaper columns. In the 15 years I’ve…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Why I’m Not a Matchmaker By Tom Blake Tom Blake I’m a newspaper columnist. My topic: people age 50-plus seeking love. For 26 years, I’ve written about hundreds of seniors…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Widow Has Given Up on Dating, But Should She? By Tom Blake Michele wrote, “I don’t participate in dating. I’ve been widowed for 18 years (at age 49) and still miss my husband. I tried online…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines 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…
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX On Life and Love after 50: Iceland and Greenland By Tom Blake After a 10-day trip to Ireland, and a 20-day round-trip cruise from Amsterdam to Iceland, Greenland, and Scotland, my partner, Greta, and…
1 SC SURF, Surf Headlines Is Surfing a Sport? With local surfers enjoying so much competitive success, a new book reminds us that there’s more to surfing than winning. By Jake Howard “I have…
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX On Life and Love after 50: Dateline: Dublin, Ireland By Tom Blake Greta and I just completed a 10-day land tour around Ireland. We joined 25 other people from the U.S. and one man from…
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX On Life and Love After 50: It’s Time to Go By Tom Blake It’s hard to believe that almost a year has passed since my partner, Greta, and I departed on an 82-day cruise to…
