Life After Retirement

What are your strengths? What are you really good at? Have people praised you when you’ve used a particular skill? What can you do easily that others find challenging? If you have trouble answering these questions…

Retirement Syndrome is a term used globally to describe the common feelings one might have upon retirement: disorientation, loss of identity, the fear of too much time on one’s hands, and possible feelings of isolation…

When thinking about second homes, it’s natural to think this means buying a house, condominium or mobile/manufactured home. However, many long-term renters consider their getaway as a second home…

Do you own a property located within a Homeowners Association? Do you have or hear horror stories from friends and family dealing with Homeowners Associations? I’ve got a few to share, and I am betting many of you do, too! Homeowners Associations…

Location. Location. Location. There’s an old saying: “What you see, depends on where you stand.” How often have I traveled the same road, only to notice something new? Sure that it wasn’t always there, I ask others: “Did you see what appeared on route 7?”

I love to travel, and this was a big travel year for me, as in international travel. I was fortunate enough to enjoy an amazing trip to Japan. Best of all, it wasn’t a destination on my bucket list, although it should have been. If interested, you can read…

I’m a member of a great online group for cyclists aged 70+. They are inspirational. A few days ago another member, Szifra Birke, posted a wonderful Presidential Archive photo of President Jimmy Carter and his late wife Rosalynn enjoying a tandem bicycle…

It began as a sort of shadow at the corner of my eye, while I was watching the television. Something seemed to have moved, but I couldn’t work out what. Perhaps it was just a figment of my imagination. But the second time, there was no mistaking it…

As women over 60, we have had many an occasion to look back on what has brought us to where and who we are now, and at this stage we may be envisioning and planning our next chapter. Some of us continue to work full-time in our respective…

How many times a day do you catch yourself multitasking? Talking on the phone while watching TV and cooking is not uncommon for many women over 60. But is it efficient? Allegedly, Leonardo da Vinci had been able to write…