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How to Create an Attention-Getting Homeshare Listing
What makes your house “home?” Is it the memories you’ve made in the surrounding neighborhood or city? Are you still ...
Relationships and Family (3)
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Homesharing for Veterans: Companionship Is Half the Battle
Silvernest Team: Nov 8, 2018 4:35:41 PM
When military members serve their country, they have a brigade, a battalion, a shipmate, a battle buddy and many other forms of community and connection. But after they hang up their beret or Kevlar, they have a different battle to fight: loneliness.
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Envisioning Your Ideal Housemate: Must-Haves vs. Can't-Live-Withs
Annamarie Pluhar: Jul 30, 2018 2:07:25 PM
Friend of Silvernest Annamarie Pluhar has been homesharing for twenty years and now helps housemates with expert tips and advice through her website, www.sharinghousing.com. Below are her tips for determining what you want in a housemate and identifying...
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Finding Freedom in Lifelong Friendships
Jennifer Hammer: Jun 29, 2018 12:47:35 PM
Ubuntu
What’s this? It’s a South African term that means: “People are not people without other people.” As Desmond Tutu points out in The Book of Joy, human beings are social animals and we flourish best in community. This is where we feel truly human...
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Aging Solo? Where You Live Matters.
Joy Loverde: Nov 4, 2017 12:13:45 PM
In my book, Who Will Take Care of Me When I’m Old? I write about an incident that continues to haunt me to this day.
In 1995, my hometown of Chicago experienced a social nightmare. On July 13, the heat index peaked at 119°F—a record high for the...