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…
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX A Living-Apart Together Relationship (LAT) May Be the Perfect Arrangement On Life and Love after 50 by Tom Blake At age 78, Judy (not her real name) is confused about her relationship. She asked for advice….
0 Opinion Columns, SOAPBOX On Life and Love after 50: A Nine-Year Ordeal Coming to an End By Tom Blake In 1976, Neil Diamond co-wrote the song “Dry Your Eyes,” with Robbie Robertson of The Band. Robertson was the producer of Diamond’s…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Should Single Seniors Make List of Qualities They Seek In A Mate? By Tom Blake I’ve often received comments from senior singles regarding the wisdom of making a list of qualities they seek in a mate. This…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Long-Distance Dating a Challenge for Seniors By Tom Blake In my previous article, I wrote about a widower, age 75, whose wife passed away two years ago. He’s trying online dating…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: A Senior Seeks Dating Advice at Dana Point Deli By Tom Blake When I owned Tutor and Spunky’s Deli for 25 years on Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point, it became a gathering place…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: An Evening with Rosanne Cash By Tom Blake South Orange County seniors often ask for suggestions on how to add variety to their social routines. I can now recommend a…
1 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines 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…
