Retirement afterlife creates opportunity
If I had a dollar for every time friends proclaim they can’t wait until they retire, I would be on my way to retirement financial security.
Hearing the music
By Janice Lindsay
One summer night when I was around 10, I lay alone on the grass near my grandmother’s secluded house, gazing at the...
Does the governor care about aging constituents?
What does it say about our state when its top elected official ignores the most vulnerable among us? At best, the governor’s behavior proves a disconnect, resulting from the lack of leadership at the state level tasked with serving the elderly and their caregivers.
Hello retailers, we would appreciate a welcome mat
It’s a lazy, rainy Sunday, and I’m trying to catch up with back issues of my decorating magazines. Too bad I need a magnifying glass and every light turned on in the room to make out the tiny, fancy white type describing where to purchase the items listed in the articles.
Put trust in yourself to make your life better
Whom do I trust?
If you really want to know, I trust my friends, otherwise they wouldn’t be my friends.
I trust most family members; the ones I don’t I keep at arm’s length.
Finally, if you want to know if I trust my government, the answer is more complicated.
Condition of nation’s healthcare is making her sick
But when it comes to making me feel the harsh reality of advancing age, nothing compares with those yearly increases in my health insurance premiums.
Turning 60 at Disney World frees the inner child
My birthday present to myself was to turn a blind eye to calories. So I ate and drank (no driving) with reckless abandon.
Early feminism didn’t tout financial security
I once believed that feminism would solve all issues of inequality. But, that was when I was a young, idealistic college student in the 1970s.
Mattie is with me when I vote
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
When my mother was born, there was no guarantee that this baby girl would have the right to vote for...
Christmas trees, real and not
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
Every Christmas, I say, “Maybe this year, I should have a real tree instead of the artificial one.” Every year,...