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As a kid, I couldn’t wait to get a few pennies together to spend at the corner candy store across from my elementary school. I suspect most of us born between 1930 and 1945 have fond memories of moments like this. Let’s wander back to those innocent times and see if you can [...]
I went Christmas shopping with one of my daughters and her daughter the other day. This has been an annual tradition for many years. It keeps me from getting overwhelmed and assures that I’ll buy gifts that people need rather than what I decide to buy. Being a typical male, I’m a hunter not a [...]
On a cold and snowy night, a group of people met in a backroom somewhere in our nation’s capital to make a deal. The outcome of the meeting was known by them and their associates long before their formal agreement was announced to an eager media corps. After all, the folks back home needed to [...]
As a pre-boomer growing up in Philadelphia in the ‘40s and early ‘50s, I thought winter was a two-part season and lasted four months instead of three. For me winter began on Thanksgiving and ended with the last snow storm of the year, around St. Patrick’s Day.
The first part of the season started with a [...]
The media have reported that seniors have become more vocal as health care continues to be America’s hot topic. As a pre-boomer, I have expressed my concerns to anyone who will listen and tried to recruit others born between 1930 and 1945 to get active on this issue. Until the final bill is rolled out [...]
