The ‘New Normal”? We’ve heard the phrase since the financial crisis of 2008, when it appeared in a 2008 Bloomberg News article. * The headline…
A Prescription for Covid 19
The news media has devoted itself in the last few weeks to extensive coverage of the virus now ravaging our country and our world. We…
Anti-Aging
At recent meeting of retirees, one member of the group dominated the conversation with tales of woe – all the people she knows (and some…
Be Still
I’ve been reminded, recently, of the challenge that many retirees face: a loss of activity and/or purpose after leaving a job and a well-established routine.…
Risky Retirement
One of the traps of retirement is becoming narrow – rejecting new directions, settling comfortably into familiar ways, at first refusing, then fearing change. I…
Something to Hope For
I can see that I have incorporated, in my own life, the first two keys to retirement success: I have continuous opportunities “to do,” as…
Someone to Love
Having something to do is one of the keys of a successful retirement. A second — and perhaps, the greatest key — is having someone…
Something to Do
I first spotted these “Rules for Happiness” on a sign in a gift shop and was impressed with its wisdom, beyond the typical catchy or…
Update Your Spectacles
I have discovered that I am much more attractive, when I look in a mirror, if I look without my glasses. The hard lines and…
Keep the Change
My equilibrium has been disrupted by a change in an institution that I believed to be permanent. I am not talking about the church, schools,…