The Serendipity Columns on this site are continually updated. I hope you will enjoy some of my past columns:

• I was a bingo babe (twice): In the hopes of adding to Boom This! research on what to do once the kids have gone, I recently attended two bingos with friends at my church's school hall.

• Testing for stress: One thing's for certain as we get older: We will experience more and more of the delights that medical science has to offer.

• Moving on: Getting my son off to college for his freshman year signals that Empty Nest Syndrome (gasp!) can't be far behind.

• Eating, Dieting and Angst: Go ahead and ignore all those "helpful" diet restrictions. But remember: The Food Police know where you live.

• A Vietnam War hero remembered: It took more than 30 years to finally trace a hometown hero's name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

• Come in, sit down, meet TiVO: The newest thing in digital video recording has made himself right at home at our house.

• A Sad Thing: Baby Boomers with No Interests: With no kids' activities to go to, what's a couple to do?

• Viva Roma!: Researching a book on Rome brings back childhood memories of my Italian grandparents.

• Alzheimer's Asks Too Much: To lose your mind, your past, your memory, yourself...what could be worse?

•  A Relative Age: Celebrating a milestone birthday a year ago this month brings out the retrospection big time.

• Children at Play: The best children's game is one they create themselves.

• We Should Know Better: "Shoulds" and "betters" can hold our personal time hostage, if we let them.

• Just Playing Around: A self-styled storyteller and advocate of play teaches adults to have fun again.

• Losing Time: Why does everyone want to do errands at the same time I do?

• Giving Thanks: It's often the gestures we make when we don't have to that matter most.

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