I am excited about an upcoming road trip to visit the rural homesteads of my grandparents in the late 19th Century. I plan to visit museums, comb through resources in…
Retirement Planning Dilemma: When to Retire Now or Never? Making the Right Decision I went to France to visit family during the month of August. It was a wonderful time…
“I thought you were retired and not working any more. Why did you go back to having an office?” asked one of my friends. I recently moved my office from…
We welcome our guest blogger, Patricia Weaver: Childhood Fear: WWII to 9/11 Flashbacks When 9/11 happened ten years ago, I experienced very frightening flashbacks. I recognized the fear as the…
In “Aging Well” George Vaillant reviewed the Harvard Longevity study, the longest study done to date on adult human development which has given us very clear age 50 predictors that…
We welcome our guest blogger, Meredith Stout: Fourteen years ago, in my early sixties, and without much direction, I was dabbling in art and doing some free-lance photography. At the…
Grandma’s Unexpected Upstairs Life In our house, Grandma is upstairs not in the basement, as suggested in a recent piece “Grandma’s in the Basement (and Junior’s in the Attic) by…
The Three Stages of Later Life: Generate, Stagnate, and Keeper of the Meaning I have been curled up reading a review of classic Harvard longevity study called “Aging Well” by…
We welcome our guest blogger , Sara Zeff Geber, Ph.D.: Did you know that almost ONE out of FIVE baby boomers have no children? I don’t mean no children living…
A Practical Guide to Embracing Life’s Later Chapters We took our grandsons to a Memorial Day Service to honor those who have fought to defend freedom and democracy for this…







