It’s a tough world for parents these days. They try to do the right thing, keep their little ones safe, but they get caught in ever-changing “official” advice: face the child forward in a car seat − ...

Every Friday morning during the summertime, a group of senior citizens gather at a booth at the Ventnor Farmer’s Market. They all wear matching traffic-cone-orange shirts with pins that say, “Ask Me ...

VENTNOR — Grandparents generally have the best stories and recipes to share, so it’s no surprise that these “Old Coots” would have some of the best advice to share. “Old Coots Giving Advice” is a ...

I was on a 12-lane, 70 mph highway the other day, six lanes going north, six lanes south. The way cars wove in and out was amazing. It was like being in the Daytona 500. I did OK, for an old guy. Did ...

Between the peaches and the peonies, nestled among the fresh berries and artisan bread, a different kind of booth was drawing curious shoppers late last month at the Windsor farmers market. The sign ...

It’s that time of year again; time for the “Boys of Summer.” That’s what they called it back when I was a kid in 1954. It was the last year I was eligible to play Little League. Eleven years old and ...

An inquiry came recently to hand from a gentleman somewhere in Cyberspace. He asked, "What is the difference between a codger, a geezer and a coot?" This is the kind of question that keeps a writer ...

What looks like a duck, floats like a duck and swims like a duck, isn’t always a duck! My wife Laurie and I were reminded of this while watching American coots during our winter vacation in Southern ...

Answer: Get an education, travel and work to accumulate a lot of experiences. Meet the Old Coots, a group of self-professed experts on life who, for the low, low price of nothing, are ready and ...

The group of retired friends who meet every Saturday morning at a Salt Lake City, Utah, deli were growing tired of the same conversation each week. Sure, they were solving the world's problems. But ...