I have a beautiful old clock sitting in the garage. I bought it for $200 back in 1973. Last time I had it fixed, a few years ago, the guy told me, “This is a museum piece!” He said it was worth thousands. But my wife won’t even let it in the […]
My wife B started feeling bad a week ago Wednesday. She decided she’d better test for Covid. And sure enough, she was positive. The next day I felt a tickle in my throat, and some sniffles. I figured I’d better test as well. Also positive. B is about […]
I was feeling a little funky, but last I night managed to get through writing a new blog post. Then came the kicker. First, here’s the post: I saw a report last week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that in 2021 life expectancy decreased for the second […]
I have a friend who watches every single game of the NY Mets. I guess that’s one way to spend your retirement. But I am not much of a sports fan. I don’t watch baseball or hockey or basketball. I never watched much football, either, until we moved to the Philadelphia […]
I recently realized that the most important issues facing us today are not racial tension, war in Europe, inflation, abortion, insurrection. They are important, sure. But none of these things threatens to kill us tomorrow. Here’s what can kill us tomorrow. Here’s what we should be afraid of: Gun […]
Last week I took the annual RMD from my IRA account. Probably most people schedule monthly withdrawals from their IRA or 401K, but for various reasons — including the fact that Social Security sends me money every month — I choose a lump sum. In completing this exercise I found out […]
A roundup of Baby Boomer blogs this week finds that we’re doing a lot of talking. But is anyone listening? For example, do you talk to your pets? Rebecca Olkowski of the blog BabyBoomster sure does. But do they listen? She just spent two and a half weeks pet sitting for […]
We used to keep up with the Joneses. Oh, we said we didn’t. But when we saw a new Mustang in our neighbor’s driveway, we started thinking, maybe we could get one too. Or our friends were talking about their trip to Europe, and suddenly we wondered if we owed it to […]
Some friends of ours recently came to visit us from our old hometown in New York. They recently retired (in part because of Covid). He was a lawyer, she worked for a construction company — and they’re now thinking about relocating to live out their retirement years. They’re considering moving to […]
My brother-in-law was over for dinner the other night, and we for some reason got talking about the differences between men and women. He told us he had read that when women get together they talk about relationships and emotions. When men get together they talk about facts. I’m not here […]
