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Friday, June 19, 2026

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The French Love Affair … with Dogs!

By Michele Reed michele@cny55.com Photos by Bill Reed Le chien — the dog. There’s nothing the French like better —

By Marvin Druger Email: mdruger@syr.edu If you read my articles in 55 PLUS, you probably know that my dear wife,

By Jim Miller In addition to the $1,200 federal coronavirus stimulus check that was distributed in April and May, there

By Jim Sollecito In my work I get to see lots of properties and catch glimpses of how people live.

By Bruce Frassinelli Email: bruce@cny55.com ‘This walking program and calorie control has made a life-changing difference. Not only has it

By Marilyn L. Pinsky ‘Traveling light emotionally really comes down to lightening up on our expectations of ourselves.’ I’ve been

By Eva Briggs, M.D. ‘I’m hoping that someday there will be a therapy discovered that will stimulate my knees to

By Michele Reed michele@cny55.com Photos by Bill Reed With travel disrupted this spring and summer due to the pandemic, we’ve

By Marvin Druger Email: mdruger@syr.edu As I write this article, we are in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The

Living in major U.S. cities is becoming too chaotic, dangerous, stressful and expensive By Harold Miller Email: hmiller@mcsmms.com ‘Within the