Alaska worth the 20-year-wait to visit
We arrived in Juneau on the second day of the cruise. Standing on deck as we pulled into port, we spotted a large American eagle perched on the ship’s gangplank. We weren’t in the “lower 48” anymore. We had arrived in a part of the country where even the best superlatives are inadequate.
My new hat
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
Our letter carrier rang the doorbell. Would I sign for a package from Poland?
I didn’t know whether I would or...
Watching monarchs
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
Maybe it’s true, as Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, that “in spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of...
Peace. Love. Ukulele.
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
If more people played the ukulele, this old world might be a more peaceful place.
When I decided to learn the...
When a relative turns 100
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
You don’t often have a chance to wish a family member a happy 100th birthday. The occasion is cause for...
Eighty five years of too many books
By Janice Lindsay, Contributing Writer
This year marks the 85th anniversary of the start of what is sometimes called “the modern paperback revolution,” which made...
Who will take care of us when we are old?
We are learning that the pool of family and friends available to take care of us in old age will be less than half as deep as it is today.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
“Regrets I have a few, but then again, too few to mention” crooned Frank Sinatra. The words were in the context of someone at the end of life looking back.
Post work: Ways to ensure the good life
Through the years I have interviewed far too many financially strapped retirees, yet I am still moved by individuals who are wiped out by one catastrophic illness or who have not sufficiently calculated the amount needed to live in relative comfort.
Setting goals for New Year’s and how to keep them
At its heart, a resolution is a practice in self-delusion, doomed to failure. Right? At its heart, a resolution is a practice in self-delusion, doomed to failure. Right? So, why should we set ourselves up to fail?