Have a Woke and a Smile
I don’t get it! BOOMers, we are the first fully mass-media marketed-to generation. TV didn’t join the party until we were the children of the 50s. For most of us, Mr. Potato Head was the first toy sold on television. All hell broke loose from…
Great Smoky Mountain Hospitality
Record high temperatures have blanketed the Carolinas. We find ourselves apologizing for bringing a sweltering inferno with us from Alabama. But we’ll cool down soon. Our railway car on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad is air-conditioned. And they serve cold beverages too. We stop by...
How to Keep Your Retirement On Track in a World of Low Returns
As a retiree, are you at risk for outliving your income? A serious question for serious times. Recently, several key assumptions traditionally used in retirement income planning are being challenged by leading financial industry experts. Are retirees who made those traditional assumptions still okay? For...
Seasons of Showing Up
If August felt like the warm-up act, September is the main event. Down here in Alabama, we like to pretend fall is in the air—lighting cinnamon candles while the thermometer reads 92°, sipping pumpkin coffee in shorts, and convincing ourselves a crisp breeze is just...
Food For Longevity
In the seaside town of Ikaria, Greece — a place where people routinely live into their 90s and 100s — it’s common to see neighbors chatting over fresh bread, beans simmering on the stove, and vegetables picked that morning from the garden. They aren’t following...
From Bucket List to Booked!
For years, Tom and Linda talked about taking a river cruise through Europe. They’d watch travel shows, collect brochures, and even bookmark itineraries online. But between work, caring for aging parents, and the everyday busyness of life, “someday” never seemed to arrive. Then last September,...
The Joy of Saying NO
On a recent Tuesday, Martha Reynolds sat staring at her calendar. It was barely the second week of September, and already every square was jammed — book club on Monday, a neighbor’s luncheon on Wednesday, babysitting the grandkids on Friday, volunteering at church Saturday morning....