Ah aging! As I have gotten older, especially since I turned 65, I have been inundated with mail that goes into a category that I now call…….Information for those about to dieThe mail is about falling, tripping, funerals, cremation, or selling me insurance so my family can pay for the funeral or cremation expenses. But I…
The wallet above is more than 20 years old. It has a history and I’ve had it for so long, I keep forgetting its history.I bought the wallet on April 19, 1995 at Potomac Mills Mall in Virginia. Why do I remember the exact date? Because it was the day of the Oklahoma City bombing -…
The original mother’s day sentiment was put forth in an anti-war poem by Julia Ward Howe. I doubt many modern day Mother’s Day shoppers even know how this day came to be – so please take time this weekend to reflect on the original thought. Mother’s Day Proclamation – 1870 by Julia Ward Howe Arise…
It is not just new college graduates and young adults moving back home. Now the 50-64 year olds are moving back home too. For seven years through 2012, the number of Californians aged 50 to 64 who live in their parents’ homes swelled 67.6% to about 194,000, according to the UCLA Center for Health Policy…
This came from the Oregon Attorney General – but I suspect each state is getting its share of scams related to April 15th with federal, state and local taxes dues for many in the United States. Older persons are perhaps a it more vulnerable for many reasons. So if you know of anyone being pestered…