When planning a new life abroad, many expats forget to seriously consider the implications of disability, advancing age, serious illness and death of a partner later in their lives. These are all issues that readers often tell me about and many realize too late that their new life in the sun has turned into a …more

Retirement can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. To my wife and I retirement meant leaving our sticks and bricks house behind to hit the road. When we first began contemplating retirement we considered several options. We could stay where we were living in Texas or we could buy a retirement …more

I took a look in the mirror the other day and said to myself “not too bad but definitely aging”. I exercise regularly and maintain a decent diet (most of the time). I decided to check which foods can improve health and may also help to slow the aging process and found the following: Berries …more

Pages: 1 2

For some years I watched my little grandchildren with their smart-phones. They played games, even while I was talking to them, they texted each other, while I was teaching them and they were taking photographs while I was trying to show them something. Once or twice I asked them to show me and they did, …more

Last weekend as Beatriz and I left our apartment at about 11 AM we both stopped, looked at each other and agreed that we were astonished once again by the beauty of the place and the wonderful weather. When I taught meteorology at the university in the States we gave a definition of Weather as …more

Pages: 1 2 3

There are some nights when I wake up in a cold sweat, terrified that I have made the wrong decision with my life and it’s all going to turn to custard. Then I review what is the worst that can happen, and I roll over, check the alarm clock, yep 1:30am, roll back and return …more

Pages: 1 2 3 4

Several of our friends have died this year. It comes to us all eventually; death, that is. As the old adage goes, ‘the two certainties in life are death and taxation’, and the death of family and close friends certainly concentrates the mind. Without being too morbid about the issue, I guess the only way …more

Many articles aimed at the boomer plus generation are about planning for the future. Have you planned for your retirement? Your mortgage? Your health care? These are important issues we all need to think about and do something about sooner than later. But there are other issues that need to be thought about and done …more