What do you wish you’d known about money by the time you were 12? Or 18? Or 22? Or 30? Shouldn’t money and finance and quality of life be part of the K-16 curriculum? Given that young people stumble into un-payable student loans by the …
Justine and Michael (previously Green Renaissance) – on a journey to explore our shared humanity – captured beautifully my new exploration on “coming of aging”
I live in a village on an island in the Pacific Northwest. Due to economics, we’ve become a NORC, a naturally occurring retirement community. So many creative, talented people moved here when we could afford to buy, and here we are, growing old together but …
2023 was a doozie of a year. One of the hardest in the last decade or so, and one of the most transformative. I went in 77 going on 60. I came out 78 going on old. I drew a total blank around “old” as …
I’m in the final swing of my 78th turn around the sun. I’ve often wondered what happened to those famous people who disappear from view, only to appear again in an obituary decades later. What were they doing all those years? How did they …
Three friends have sent GoFundMe appeals in the last month. Each situation is dire, and expenses astronomical. I’ve contributed, but the scale of the problem of aging Boomers in an unraveling health care system, is far far beyond my capacity to respond. Being a …
Really, Mr. Robert Frost? Something there is that loves a wall That treasures the line twixt in and out That separates up from down. Something there is that praises holy gravity that holds us close to the ground we count on The Ferris wheel. The …
My thanksgiving message to a few close friends, and now to all of you. Imagine 8 billion people giving thanks. Not thankful because of Pilgrims or victory in war. Just thankful for being alive. Sunrise. The sounds of children playing. A home. Loved ones. …
Every few months I “interview” my self for my “What Could Possibly Go Right?” podcast. This time I stitched together 3 topics I ponder. 8 billion people on planet earth. How can we fathom that? What does it mean? Do we need to hit …
Why this 1992 personal finance book still has a cult following By Helaine Olen October 4, 2022 at 8:00 a.m. EDT8 min When I told Vicki Robin I wanted to visit her at her home on Whidbey Island, in Puget Sound just north of Seattle, she …
