AARP The Magazine
Departments
Volume 53, Number 3A
4 E Street
6 Awards Gala
7 The Mail
10 Six-Word Memoirs
86 AARP & You
88 Ask Lee
Navigator
18 Health
76
Come for the cactus,
stay for the stars.
Big Bend National Park in
Texas has one of the
nation’s blackest
skies for stargazing.
NEWSMAKERS
Man of a Certain Age
Everybody loves Ray Romano
(except Ray Romano)
PERSONAL FINANCE
Not-So-Safe Bonds
They’re risk-free, right? Guess again. Here’s
how to protect your savings By Lynn Brenner
DO IT NOW
Big Benefits for Vets
From pensions to drug discounts—check
out these eight great overlooked programs
By Dave Lindorff
LIFE LESSON
A Father’s Wisdom
When her autistic son was arrested, a
mother turned to her difficult dad By Ann Bauer
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44
Art of Living
72 Passions
She’s the real iron
chef: a cooking
teacher who is
inspiring troubled
students
74 Good Food
Renewing a love of
baseball through
bratwursts and
garlic fries
75 Manners
Meeting your
daughter’s new
boyfriend? Peggy
Post can help you
through it
76 Journeys
Smallest, wettest,
deepest, darkest:
Here are America’s
most extreme
national parks
79 The Puzzle
CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP LEFT: MARK LUND HOMEROOM; IAN SHIVE/AURORA PHOTOS/CORBIS; SARA DE BOER/RETNA/CORBIS
92
Big 5-Oh
Kristin Scott-Thomas
turns 50
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