Legumes like beans, lentils and chickpeas are good high-fiber foods that promote gut health and regularity.

Regularity is all about keeping things moving

By Nance Ebert, Contributing Writer REGION - There are many strategies that can help with your digestion and regularity. To keep things moving, it is...

Truck driver becomes Santa to bring joy to children

Framingham - His name is Santa Claus, and he only comes once a year. But one Framingham Santa drove tractor trailers for 43 years before donning the persona of the most beloved icons in American culture.

Still singing, strumming, songwriting after all these years

Cohasset/Westborough – Luanne Crosby, a Cohasset native now of Westborough, has performed various musical styles at countless venues as a singer, musician and songwriter throughout several decades. Her interest in performing began with a childhood dream of getting discovered.
Regular exercise three to four times a week that focuses on abdominal and lower back muscle strength can be effective at preventing back pain.

Preventing and treating back pain

By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer REGION - Back pain for older people is not unusual. But managing it can be difficult because it’s often characterized...

Stompers’ frontman Sal Baglio still amplifies his music ‘loudah’

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor East Boston/Marlborough – Music is amplified in the DNA of singer-songwriter and guitarist Sal Baglio, an East Boston native...

Inspired to start second career as filmmaker at age 50

“Blessid” poster (right) By Ed Karvoski Jr., Contributing Writer Shrewsbury – Bob Heske of Shrewsbury credits his late mother for inspiring him to pursue his dream...

Artist and educator creates ‘second life’ online

Acton resident Niela Miller, 81, is a multi-talented artist, musician, author, life coach and therapist. As if that wasn’t enough for one life, Miller has embarked upon a new adventure, taking her myriad skills online. In “Second Life,” a virtual 3D program on the Internet, Miller has created a whole new world with her alter-ego or “avatar,” Marly Mirena. She uses all aspects of her creativity - photographs, paintings, music, theater improv and movement - as tools for awareness, problem-solving, community building, spiritual development and building cultural bridges.

Fifty Plus Advocate June 2021 (Eastern Edition)

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“Humans evolved to move. We evolved to be physically active,” says Harvard professor and evolutionary biologist Daniel E. Lieberman.

Whatever your age, exercise is good for you

By David Wilkening, Contributing Writer When he gets up in the morning for his daily run in Cambridge, the weather is often cold and miserable...

‘King of Pop Culture’ values toys and collectibles

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Hudson – Gary Sohmers has worked as an appraiser since 1971 and increased his endeavors soon after moving to...