Living

While it may not be exactly clear sailing this summer (given the uptick in COVID cases in many parts of the country) it does seem that a great many of us are putting risk aside and pulling out our suitcases once again. According to the 2022 AARP Travel Trends Report,…

Perhaps you think you’re too smart to be scammed. Or believe you’re immune from being the target of fraud. Or you’re sure you’d never fall for some kind of swindle. Well, it’s nice to be confident but in the current environment, you’d also have to be really lucky not to…

How many of you daydream about vacation or better yet retirement on a sunny deck overlooking the ocean, coffee (or chardonnay) in hand, perhaps the latest best-selling hard copy book (no Kindle for you) sitting in your lap over an ivory cashmere throw you’re using to keep your legs warm?…

While some of us were spending long hours during the pandemic leading sloth-like, sedentary existences, apparently many took advantage of the forced downtime to pick up a paddle and take up pickleball, a sport once considered of interest only to older adults. In fact, pickleball is now rated the fastest…

With Mother’s Day just a short time from now, and with the ongoing supply chain problems and postal service delays we’ve all experienced (not to mention reduced buying power due to inflation), we all need some ideas for easy, affordable, and accessible ways to celebrate the moms, grandmas and other…

It’s been long assumed that most people want to grow older living in the community rather than moving to an assisted living facility or some other institutional setting (though remember, as we posted recently, “aging-in-place” often necessitates outside support and communal efforts to be successful). Demographically, it’s been estimated that…