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…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Australia, 10 Days of Wonderment By Tom Blake Over the past few issues, I’ve shared with you details of an 82-day cruise through Asia that my partner, Greta, and I…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines 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…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Shanghai—A Dynamic, Booming City By Tom Blake My partner Greta and I are on an 82-day cruise in Asia. After spending two days in the Tianjin/Beijing area, highlighted by…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: The People You Meet Aboard Ship on a Cruise By Tom Blake In my previous column, I wrote about an 82-day Grand Asia and Pacific cruise that my life partner, Greta, and I are…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: It’s Time to Go: Grand Asia & Pacific Cruise By Tom Blake Reality hit me this week when a FedEx driver came to the front door of our Dana Point home and picked up…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines 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…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Where Are the Single, Senior Men? Four Suggestions from Tom By Tom Blake If I had a magic wand, I’d create single, senior men and introduce them to single, senior women who tell me they’d…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Tom Blake’s Column on Relationships Turns 24 Years Old By Tom Blake Twenty-four years ago, on July 7, 1994, my first newspaper column was published. It appeared in the South County Lifestyles section of…
0 SC LIVING, SC Living Headlines On Life and Love after 50: Is This Single Senior Woman Being Too Fussy in Dating Men? By Tom Blake Senior dating is challenging. Single seniors mention that to me often. It’s particularly hard for women. A comment on my Finding Love…
