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Start the year off right
Start the year off right by setting a budget that will get your finances on track to last through retirement. This advice sounds obvious, but According to a 2019 survey from the Certified Financial Planner Board, less than half of Americans keep track of their expenses and make a household...
The playlist of my life (part 1)
I have had a lifelong love affair with American music- rock, rhythm and blues, blues, folk, folk-rock, and country. Bruce Springsteen once said that rock n’ roll saved his life. I can’t say the same. However, I relate to what he’s getting at since the music impacted me emotionally, physically,...
Fashion and style at 70
“Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers and style is what you choose.”                                                     Lauren Hutton   In the interest of full...
As a parent
Children can be worrisome and prone to injuries or illnesses. That comes with the territory as parents. You kiss their boo boo's, apply a bandage, if required, and wipe their tears. If the real problem is that their feelings have been hurt by some thoughtless comment made by another in...
New Year’s Resolutions
One year I made the following New Year’s resolutions:          Eat only three donuts per day. Watch only 3 hours of television per day.          Exercise at least 15 minutes per week.   Having the moral endurance of boiled linguine, I quickly reverted to...
Dropping the Ball
For a long time, every New Year, I made a Resolution, and every year I've broken it, or them.   Who wants to promise to lose weight, stop smoking, or whatever it might be you would like to change in your life. Watching the big crystal ball drop on the...