RETIREMENT “LIVING”?
A TALE OF TWO GRANDMOTHERS DELLA Image via centenarian.com My maternal grandmother lived in a small, overheated apartment, seldom venturing outside even though she lived beside a large and lovely city...
View ArticleRETIREMENT HOMES: FIND ONE THAT FITS
Image by UF Digital Collections via Flickr The term “retirement home” causes many to shudder. There are many variations on what makes for a good retirement home. Look around and find a version you...
View ArticleRETIREMENT COMMUNITIES MEET INDIVIDUAL NEEDS
Image by SecondPrint Productions via Flickr Retirement communities are for retirement age people who cannot or no longer wish to live in a single family residence. Most communities are expensive. Some...
View ArticleHEALTH CARE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS: LAUGHTER STILL BEST
Retirement living is what you make it. Here is yet another example of how great art can transform lives. I laughed ’til I cried.… MoreThe post HEALTH CARE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS: LAUGHTER STILL BEST...
View ArticleWhere Do You Want to Grow Old?
Image by jeffwillcox via flickr Choosing My Future In my previous post, Moving to Ann Arbor – Now! I announced exactly that. This post goes into more detail about the process of choosing a suitable...
View ArticleRediscover Yourself in Retirement
Minor League Baseball: Toledo Mud Hens STRESS is No Joke I was watching a Bill Maher comedy special from 2007 last night. He was talking about how people take too many pharmaceuticals to solve their...
View ArticleThe Transience of Things (Part 1)
The Great Upsizing Image by Evil Erin via Flickr I was 31 years old when I got my first credit card. Then, I spent two months shopping for my first pair of jeans. I cannot remember if the winner was...
View ArticleThe Transience of Things (Part 2)
The turning point for the Big Downsizing came when we priced the cost of renting a storage unit for everything that does not fit. We realized that we would do better to sell what we have. It makes...
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