Note: This article first appeared at Rethinking65. Neighborhood gatherings, both planned and spontaneous, are common in my 55-plus community. Residents bring lawn chairs along with their beverages of choice  and snacks and set up in someone’s driveway to enjoy a little fellowship. My wife and I recently grabbed our stuff and joined one of these […]

I was listening to a couple of political pundits (we have recently wrapped up election season here in the United States) talk about candidates and their policies. Politicians promise a lot, but what they deliver is either very different or does not happen at all. People put a lot of weight into a candidate’s policies […]