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Hit the Road, 2020! But Remember…We’ve Survived Tough Times Before
I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to send 2020 out the back door with the following comment:...
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Watch Out for Scammers in these Crazy Times
It amazes me that although we are in an international pandemic crisis, we still have to contend with scammers focused on ripping off naïve and trusting people, many of them seniors, who, like all of us, never have experienced such an event before.
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Looking Up! Seeing the Beauty of the Night Sky
Several observatories in Georgia, most of them associated with academic institutions, offer observation and research opportunities for students and others seeking astronomical knowledge / degrees, and almost all throw open the doors to the public during non-pandemic times. But what’s more, a healthy number of amateurs — seniors well-represented among them — are increasingly taking astronomy up as a hobby, sometimes spending thousands of dollars on gear.
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Social Security: Ask Rusty About the Mystery of Spousal Benefits
Yes, the spousal benefit formula is complicated, especially when both of you are entitled to your own Social Security benefits. And there’s never a simple answer to whether it is a good idea for the lower earning spouse to start benefits first at age 62. For one thing, it depends upon whether they are still working, but it also depends upon health, life expectancy and need for the money early.
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Funky, Walkable, Artsy Asheville Awaits Visitors an Easy Drive from Atlanta
Asheville, North Carolina, is the sort of place that you never tire of visiting. At least I never do. No matter your age, interests or style, there is always something cool and new to do in this funky, walkable, artsy, good-eating, brewery-rich, city nestled in the mountains just a 3.5-hour drive north of Atlanta. The cool mountain air is an added bonus.
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For its 29th Year, the MJCCA’s Book Festival Goes Virtual
The Book Festival of the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta (MJCCA), known for bringing bestselling authors into Dunwoody, is going virtual for its 2020 program.
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Personal Finance: Ask Rusty: Should We Get Married or Just Live Together?
Your own Social Security benefit will not be affected in any way if you get married, unless your potential new bride is a very high earner and her Social Security entitlement at her full retirement age (which is 66 years and 8 months) is more than twice the full benefit amount you were entitled to at your full retirement age (even though you claimed your SS earlier). In that case, you would become eligible for a spousal benefit from your new wife after you are married for one year.
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Boys & Girls Club Leader Pens 267 Letters to Kids
Gail Johnson wanted the kids to know how much they matter and how much they were missed.
So, she took pen to paper and, over a period of about two weeks in April, handwrote 267 personalized letters — one for every child on the roster — and then mailed them in personally addressed envelopes.
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You Have Choices for Electronic Storage
The industry has created huge banks of servers, all connected through the internet, to hold all the stuff you want to keep. Think of them as electronic storage lockers and understand that you can have storage lockers scattered throughout cyberspace for free or for a few bucks a month, all accessible from every device you own.
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Former TV Anchor Monica Pearson Stays Busy in her ‘Rewirement’
Monica Pearson no longer graces metro Atlanta’s TV screens nightly, but she remains a significant presence on the local landscape. Pearson arrived in Atlanta after TV and newspaper reporting jobs in her native Louisville and became the first African American and the first woman to anchor a major Atlanta evening newscast, at WSB-TV in 1975. After a 37-year career, countless major stories and a veritable truckload of awards, she stepped away in 2012.
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Her Garden Is for the Birds…and Bugs
These days, Stokes said, Georgia Audubon wants to do more to support birds. The 1,700-member organization, based at the Blue Heron Nature Center in Buckhead, is spreading its efforts across the state, is adding staff, and has changed its name to reflect its new aims. Until August, the organization was known as the Atlanta Audubon Society, or, before that, the Atlanta Bird Club.
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Some Ghost Tours Return Despite Pandemic
Still, it’s hard to keep a good ghost story buried, and some metro guides and tour-hosting institutions are going ahead with their shows, which can offer a good way to learn a little local history. Some tours have moved online, while participants in other tours are being asked to don masks and socially distance themselves for in-person strolls through their haunted hometowns.
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Waiting for the Curtains to Rise Again part 2
People who bring Atlanta theater to life
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Waiting for the Curtains to Rise
We present a half-dozen metro Atlantans who have devoted their careers to building theatrical groups and bringing stirring performances to the community. Their paths to Atlanta’s stages have varied widely — from writing plays to acting in plays to building an audience by staging Shakespeare year-round.
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Ask Rusty: What Will Be my Wife’s Survivor Benefit from Social Security
Your wife’s survivor benefit as your widow will depend upon two things — the amount you were receiving (or were eligible to receive) at your death, and the age at which she claims her survivor benefit as your widow.
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