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Clint Eastwood: Still Fluid at 90
Several months back, I wrote a blog about crystallized and fluid intelligence. Our life experiences and what we've learned from them during our lives form the basis for crystallized intelligence: we live, learn, and apply. Fluid intelligence is about two things: the ability to quickly process and respond to new...
Harvest Time
“For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned, it is the season of the harvest.” ~ Hasidic   Here are some interesting statistics compiled by the United States of Aging Survey:   58% of older adults have lived in the same residence for more than 20 years. 75%...
The Power of Storytelling with Ruth Stotter
Finance of America is excited to launch our new series: ‘Inspiring Life of the Month.’ We’ll profile one inspiring person within our community each month  and explore their life, career, and their unique perspective on retirement. We are honored to launch this series with the story of FAR customer, Ruth...
An Appreciation: Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs is not my favorite musician. My favorite would be Bob Dylan, followed by Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, and Doug Sahm and his band, the Sir Douglas Quintet. However, this blog is an appreciation of Phil Ochs, whom I adamantly believe, was underappreciated and generally forgotten.   Bob...
Fireworks
The 4th of July has always been a special holiday for me. Sadly, this year the celebration will be very muted because of the COVID-19 virus. My son, who lives near Ogden, Utah, informed me there would not be a parade or fireworks in their hometown this year. We traveled...
Is It Time to Refinance?
If you don’t already know, you can refinance a reverse mortgage to take advantage of lower interest rates, and higher real estate values. You can also refinance to add a spouse to the reverse mortgage. Interest rates are at historic lows, and real estate values have increased over the past...