Although men and women enter retirement in tandem, women have a very different retirement experience from men. Women enter retirement with less saved due to a lifetime of lower earnings. The average pay for a woman is just seventy-seven cents for every dollar earned by a man, and even less for black and Hispanic women. …more

They say that life is a gamble. For many the gamble is never taken, for others it is the first step to a new and exciting life. Leaving family and friends back in the UK to start a new life after retirement is a massive step and one that had to be considered carefully. Not …more

I applied sufficient power and began the careful, slow rough taxi to the very end of the short, remote gravel bar about 100 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska. The airplane lurched and staggered over softball-sized rocks as I slowly picked my way along. While the main landing gear was quite sturdy, the small tailwheel in …more

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Drinking conjures many images in the popular culture. There’s the hard-drinking type and the lonely alcoholic; the beer culture of the working man and the cocktail parties of the upper class. These stereotypes tell something of the truth, but not the whole truth, and certainly not the nuances of drinking in our 60s and beyond, …more

Have you ever gone to a movie or a stage play and fanaticized that you could have performed as good as the actor in the performance? Have you ever fanaticized what being a director of a play would be like? If the answer is yes to either question or you have another theatrical itch to …more

The tension in the room was palpable. Game on the line, just under a minute to go, second and goal at the one. The Seattle Seahawks one yard away from securing their second consecutive Super Bowl championship. All eyes were on the big screen TV at the end of the room. Most were sitting on …more

It was the early ‘60s and I was deciding which format to choose for my wedding invitations when I heard President Kennedy announce the formation of a new international volunteer organization—the Peace Corps. I stopped what I was doing and gave my full attention to the TV and thought, “WOW, would I love to do …more

“It’s Not the Wound that Teaches – But the Healing.” – Marty Rubin Funny old thing this game of life, one moment I was ready, prepared and willing to embrace an exciting new phase of one’s sexagenarian existence, ergo; ‘The retirement years’, then my well meaning family practitioner, (let’s refer to him as ‘Doc Holliday) …more

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