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THE THIRD THIRD

Claire Mitchel
Claire Mitchel welcomes letters. Write to her in care of The Miami Herald, PMB 80, 8209 N. Pine Island Rd., Tamarac, Fla. 33321.

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  • Let voters have say on megaplan

    When my husband and I arrived in South Florida in 1970, we came to find our fame and fortune here. We started a business while caring for our four parents, then in their Third Third. I took a bus ride to see the lay of the land in Miami, where we rented our first apartment. The scenic bus route took me to Miami-Dade Junior College where I met and then worked for Carrie Meek, before she became a U.S. representative. She insisted I treat myself to a degree. The first course I took focused on the General...

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  • Daughter enjoys her visit to mom

    Why was this teenager sitting by my table all week? We in the independent living community are too old to have a daughter so young. She intrigued everyone in my group, so I found a way to satisfy my curiosity -- and in the process came up with an interesting Third Third story.

  • Life isn't so bad for plain Janes

    As a plain-looking young woman, I became accustomed to admiring good-looking people. And maybe often a little envy showed its ugly head. But not for long. My parents taught me that in every facet of life, I would have to make the most of what they and God gave me and keep to a minimum the wishes for things I couldn't change.

  • Selling last home eases my burden

    Hooray, yippee and cheers are the words we used when we bought our first house. Coincidentally, they are the very words I used last week when I sold the last house I will ever own.

  • Life's now one big talkfest

    Neither Arnie, my late husband, nor I were given to talking politics. We wouldn't have been speculating about Hillary Clinton and what she'll do now that she's not going to be the Democratic candidate for president in 2008. We had new challenges then, new responsibilities, and there was no time nor inclination for that sort of thing.

  • Old age can be a time of happiness

    The older we are, the happier we are, according a recent study by the University of Chicago. ''The good news is that with age comes happiness,'' concludes Yang Yang, a sociologist and author of the study. ``Life gets better in one's perception as one ages.''

  • It'll be a tough four years

    Those of us in the Third Third have been through enough elections to know the way they work. The Constitution dictates the rules. We have to follow them. But not in Florida.

  • Hey, I'm still alive and kicking

    ''Your hair looks so good today,'' said a housemate as I passed by her while going for my mail. This is a social gambit here at Garden Plaza, the home where I live with about a hundred others in their Third Third. Our commonality is that we all range in age from the 70s to the 90s.

  • New pals can help us enjoy our new lives

    Last week's Third Third column seemed to touch on a subject that sparked the interest of many readers. Mostly they commented on my statement that ''In the Third Third, it's hard to make new, lasting friendships.'' Some agreed, but others argued that it's up to us. We're in a situation that requires new associates.

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