The Easy-to-Find Information Center
(We are not involved with Active Living Magazine although we encourage our viewers to become familiar with this magazine.)
How to use this section
Links and commentary for active Slightly Creaky people
Slightly Creaky does extensive research to find the links you would most likely need and provides them for you in an easy-to-find format. You can access this information from any of our web pages using the top or side menus. Each division has generalized headings, followed by more specific ones.
Thus, if you are seeking new destinations for a vacation, a new place to spend the winter, a quick weekend trip, or want to try geocaching or hot air ballooning, you'll find the resources you need here.
We attempt to keep all information no more than two levels below the topic home page.
Here is a complete list of our content.
Active Living. Home page for activities for active people. Not sure what to do today or looking for a new hobby? We provide hundreds of ideas.
- Life Styles. There are many environments in which to live: urban, rural, overseas, on a cruise ship, traveling in a motor home, or in a care facility. We provide basic information about all these places so you can research the possibilities.
- Travel. Specific vacations, cruises, tours, and similar activities.
- Recreation. Indoor and outdoor activities to give you ideas of things to do. Many of them you have never considered but are easy and fun. Others are quite challenging. Have you tried geocaching, locating places using GPS devices, a wonderful way to find new locations in your area? Interested in learning bocce?
Quick Links: Main Page
Amusement Parks & Places Sporting Activities
- On The Road. Whether you travel by train, bus, car, motorcycle, or motor home, there are destinations you do not want to miss. We have a huge listing of both the popular and the unusual.
Featured Article
(July 5, 2008)
We all have occasional periods of boredom. Are you are tired of doing the same thing and want an idea for a change of pace? Slightly Creaky specializes in that. Here are some hints to provide hours of fun, productive distraction from your normal routine.
Start a New (inexpensive or free) Hobby. Slightly Creaky has 16 categories of leisure time activities listed on our Hobbies page. Some random links include:
Find Me a Hobby. “Your internet home for discovering new and exciting hobbies available both on and off the net. A hobby is an activity that you do for fun. Many times a hobby is a self-directed process where you can carve out your own approach based on your own interests and desires. Basically, there is no right or wrong way to approach a hobby. Just do it the way you like.” (http://www.findmeahobby.com/)
Craft Site Directory. "Use the links in the right hand margin of this page to get started. Search or browse over 100 categories and sub-categories and many quality arts and crafts related listings."
(http://www.craftsitedirectory.com/)
Let's Go Fly a Kite! "If you are looking for basic information on how to get your kite off the ground, you've come to the right place!"
(http://www.gombergkites.com/how.html)
Self Growth. "Our company’s mission is to provide informative, quality Self Improvement and Natural Health information to help people improve their lives. We provide information ranging from Goal Setting and Stress Management to Natural Health and Alternative Medicine." (http://www.selfgrowth.com/)
All Free Crafts "Over 800 original crafts, free craft projects and easy homemade gift ideas. All our free crafts include photos and how-to instructions so you learn new crafting skills and enjoy great results. Try our new bath and body crafts, gardening projects, easy homemade gift ideas, nature crafts, easy children's crafts, or candle making ideas. Find new holiday crafts, free craft Ebooks, plus recycling crafts, gifts in a jar recipes and free knitting, sewing and crochet patterns." (http://www.allfreecrafts.com/)
Perhaps you wish to take advantage of the summer for some outdoor activities. Check Slightly Creaky’s Recreation, Gardening, Sports, or the “In The Yard” section on the Entertaining page. Here are some ideas, but there are hundreds more.
At Picnic Recipes and Games, our main focus is on helping everyone to have a wonderful picnic experience and we strive to be the web's foremost authority on picnics and all picnic related topics. This passion for picnics, of course, includes the basics. Use the navigation on the left to see what we have to offer." (http://www.picnicrecipesandgames.com/)
Croquet Rules & Regulations "There are a number of variations of the game including competitive and social forms. The more competitive variations are those for the North American Rules as developed by the U.S. Croquet Association and adopted by Croquet Canada and the International Association rules as adopted by Croquet Canada, which vary significantly in many aspects while using the same croquet equipment and court set up."
(http://www.croquet.com/croquet/croquetrulesarticle.cfm)
One Day Hikes "OneDayHikes.com - the best day hikes and hiking trails of the world." Includes hiking guides and photographs.
(http://www.onedayhikes.com/)
Your Guide to Everything Gardening " Whether you are new to gardening, or a seasoned gardening pro, Garden Guides has everything you need. For more than eight years, Garden Guides has been a leader in online gardening information, providing thousands of pages of detailed and extensive information on plants, pests, gardening tips & techniques, gardening recipes, seeds & bulbs, gardening books, nurseries & landscapers, and much more."
(http://www.gardenguides.com/)
Need something more relaxing? Download a puzzle, solve a sudoku, read an online book. Try Slightly Creaky’s Online Games and Activities pages or browse through the hundreds of online magazines and newspapers on the News & Information page.
The Onion One of the Web's oldest and most respected online satire news magazines. It peels away the layers of truth. "The Onion is a national publication and website that offers award-winning news and views that readers can't get anywhere else. Every week, our attention grabbing headlines and photojournalism paint a unique picture of the world." (http://www.theonion.com/)
Newslink. Links to newspapers around the world.
(http://newslink.org/)
GameColony "GameColony.com 's mission is to replicate land-based tournaments of skill in a secure online environment and to maintain a thriving online community where players from all over the world are engaged in healthy skill-based competition for prizes or for free."
(http://www.gamecolony.com/)
American Contract Bridge League Learn, Play, and Join.
(http://www.acbl.org/)
Freebie Casino Games Poker, slots, roulette, and more.
(http://casino-games.pogo.com/?pageSection=free_category)
Sudoku Mania The online Sudoku site the editors of Suddenly Creaky start their day with. Possibly the most challenging Sudoku online.
Jigsaw Puzzle "A new free online jigsaw puzzle will appear every day." (http://thinks.com/daily_jigsaw_puzzle.htm)
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