Recently, I surprised myself when I wrote in my journal: “Old age is like sitting in a waiting room, expecting to be called, and entertaining…
Smell the Roses
As I rebuilt this webpage, my first task was to retrieve files of my previous blogs and repost each one. It soon became apparent to…
Group Think
Our country is divided in ways not seen since the Viet Nam War protests. Several major cities have been besieged by both peaceful and violent…
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…
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,…
Another Kind of Wisdom
In a recent post, I suggested that retirees practice a crucial role: keepers of wisdom. Our own knowledge is valuable, but we can increase that…
The Trouble with Time
If only time could be measured visually, kinesthetically, we might be less inclined to squander it. If we were issued time coins at birth, 24…
How Much Am I Worth?
Success in redrawing life demands a paradigm shift. Our paradigms are the sets of beliefs in which we are invested; we shift those only when…