In the early 1960’s, when I was seven, my mother took me to a bar every Saturday morning. We would walk to the back of the bar toward the narrow, dimly lit stairway leading down to the basement. That’s where I met a handful of other kids waiting for the Saturday morning Polish language class. …more

Last night, my husband and I discovered a real treasure. We were wanting some local Chinese food for dinner. Sounds simple enough, right? But you see, we’ve lived in our community for 27 years and we have never been able to find a decent Chinese restaurant. We’ve tried the big chain restaurant (which will remain …more

A relative forwarded an email she received listing discounts for seniors. I am sure there are many others out there but I thought I would pass these on. Make sure you confirm the discounts with the vendors before purchasing any product or service. Air, Rail and Bus: Airlines: Alaska Airlines: 50% off (65+) American Airlines: …more

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“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” (Seneca) I suspected for a couple of years that ‘things’ within me were not too good, a once-enjoyable job had transformed itself into a draconian chore of almost Herculean proportion, my social existence too had entered a stage of wane – and as for realising any …more

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Retirement of the baby boomers has caused quite a ruse about when and how to retire sensibly. Many of these b-b’rs are finding out that what had coveted for so long is turning out not to be what they expected, so structured retirement has suddenly become a buzz-word. That is, they ease out of their …more

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The Memoir has made it. The Memoir is a resident on the Bestsellers list. Memoir writing is taught in your town, and not just at the local college. You even know someone who is working on a memoir, or a scrapbook, or a video, about themselves. The time is now to write your memoir. Your …more

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The thought of early retirement hadn’t occurred to me until 3 years ago. In my mind, you needed millions of dollars to be able to retire early. I was therefore resigned to working my retail job till l was old enough to draw social security. I had been with the same company for so many …more

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Home – the place in which one’s domestic affections are centered. Can you have two homes? Can you have two places in which you live; eat, sleep, recreate and connect? Of course, you can have two houses with the furniture, patio, driveway, etc. That’s easy enough. But can you have two homes? Can you have …more

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