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Christmas is for Memories
For me, Christmas has evolved over my 80 plus years of celebrating.   From a child full of wonder and excitement to an adult who wants to make this a special celebration for a child or grandchild.   I grew up during a post-depression period through a War time shortage...
City life
The Russian poet Joseph Brodsky observed “what I like about cities is that everything is king-size, the beauty and the ugliness.”   Over the past five decades, a significant portion of the nation’s population living in the northern United States has migrated southward as they retired. The motivations for the...
Retirement work
It's been said that retirement is a young man's dream and an old man's nightmare. For those of us in our retirement years, that may be a very true statement. People are finding retirement an entirely new world. Now, we have a lot of time on our hands since we're...
Flipping Mindsets (part 1)
In 2016, I lost my job as a union staff person.  I was a one person staff for a union of adjunct faculty at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon.  I wanted to continue to work, and at the time, due to some family issues, I needed a salary. So,...
Trends in New Work and New Opportunities
Our generation of workers over 50 is not only embracing new trends in the workplace, we're rewriting the rules for when and how (and if!) we retire.   Opportunity, Freedom and Balance The rise in freelance and gig work has been a boon to workers who are running into ageist...
Alleviate financial concerns in retirement
Do you feel like you fell behind in your retirement savings plan? You are not alone. According to a 2017 study by the Stanford Center on Longevity, 27% of baby boomers were just getting started or fell behind on saving for retirement, while 5% felt lost and confused about making...