Better Business Bureau® Serving Greater Cleveland (BBB®) has released its Top Ten Scams of 2021. While COVID-19 related scams did not make the Top 10 List this time, the influences of the pandemic affected the proliferation and types of scams BBB saw in 2021. Be on your guard in 2022!

Please welcome our newest blogger, Michael Ungar, to the Boomer Blogger team. We're starting 2022 off right with the inspiration Michael provides as a Boomer personal trainer and rabbi who caught the fitness bug later in life. In his first Boomer blog entry, he explains how to succeed in achieving your New Year's goals with a change in focus.

Poinsettias and Cyclamen are traditional plants that add welcome indoor color to the holiday season. But now it’s January and all the holiday decorations are safely stored for another year. What to do with the plants that are still merrily blooming? If you’d like to try keeping them, here are some tips.

Flash back to the early days of local TV with fun stories featuring pioneering entertainers such as Ghoulardi, Barnaby, Woodrow the Woodsman, Miss Barbara, Uncle Jake and Franz the Toymaker. Veteran Cleveland radio and television personality Mike Olszewski and award-winning producer Dan O’Shannon will provide a night of nostalgia with these TV tales and more.

Some of us like to settle down with a blanket and a book to enjoy winter from the comfort of a warm house. Then there are those who grab a coat and gloves and head outside, embracing the cold, crisp weather. If you're in the second category, take a look at what's happening in downtown Akron this winter. Fire pits, igloos, ice skating and more await those who don't mind the season's chill.

Why not take a different approach to New Year's resolutions this year? Real and lasting change happens when a person feels ready, not by picking an arbitrary date on a calendar.