AVALANCHE DANGER: How to Avoid Getting Caught, by Lynn Rosen

Since the numbers of avalanche fatalities around the globe are increasing this season, Lynn Rosen shares some life-saving tips on how to avoid getting caught. Plan ahead and observe warnings - always elementary but critical advice.

THE THREE Ws: WHISTLER, WASHINGTON AND WHITEFISH, by Larry Turner

I can never give up winter and early spring skiing in its entirety, especially on bluebird-see-forever days when my heart and soul soar as I sluice down a mountain of glistening white, enveloped in fresh air, and release endorphins like a jet stream.

A YEAR IN PARADISE
by Vicki Hoefling Andersen

Almost everyone has a "What if I lived here?" fantasy. What's it REALLY like to sell your home, pack everything you own into a shipping container, and depart on a one-way ticket? "Living in paradise" may not be all you imagined but just might also surpass your wildest dreams.

PASADENA HAPPENINGS by Yvette Cardozo

Call this a day (or maybe two) in Pasadena, a charming subset chunk of Los Angeles, CA, and its neighboring environs. For me, it was a chance to visit my son and for the two of us to ... explore. Not the expected tourist spots ... Universal Studios, the Hollywood sign, not even the La Brea tar pits. Nope ... this was a deli, a beach pier, "Old Town," a great garden, a comedy club.

SWIMMING, HIKING, RELAXING - Vacation Time on Hawaii's Big Island by Lee Juillerat

I've visited the Big Island of Hawaii at other times, but this was different. Instead of relying strictly on guidebooks and whimsy, we relied on my daughter Molly. She worked on the Big Island several years ago and has maintained her friendships over the years, often making extended visits.

IF AGE IS JUST A NUMBER, WHY DOES IT FEEL SO CRUMMY? by Noma d'Plume

The fourth or fifth time the neighbor addressed me by my 80-year-old mother's name, I just went with it. I gave up correcting him and chatted with him like I was my mother. My husband thought it was hilarious.

ADVENTURE POEM by Timothy Pilgrim
A-fib
I cannot tell the doctor's lie
from heart flutter,
vow to do more squats
so blood won't pool
in an atrium, clot. My fake self
believes I passed all tests,

ME FIRST!
How Passengers Are Cheating Their way Onto the Plane Faster by Christopher Elliott

Passengers are finding new -- and not necessarily ethical -- ways of accessing their seats before everyone else. There's no prize for being first to board a plane, but lately, it sure seems that way.