When someone complains about how “things ain’t like they used to be,” the “used to be” is often the 1950s. Drawing from narrow, selective memories, we 60- and 70-somethings remember fondly the sweet innocence of that era. The idyllic domesticity of Father Knows Best. The unsullied humor of I Love Lucy. The temperance of kids,…
Simplified Senate Bill Includes More Seniors for Stimulus Package. Once again, the nation’s in economic hot water. This time, blame our fiscal headaches on a hangover from the housing bubble and $100-a-barrel gasoline. Will Senior Citizens Receive Coronavirus Stimulus Checks? It’s always something. After the dot.com bubble popped back in 2001, President Bush chose to…
Many of us grew up when neighborhood american drugstores sold little but drugs and sodas. In the 1940s, as we perched on green vinyl stools at a marble-topped soda fountain slurping our Green Rivers, who knew that from such humble beginnings would spring Walgreen’s and McDonald’s? My drugstore, at the corner of Cedar, Meacham and…
Last week I attended my 50th college reunion. A pleasant affair, where over 100 of us, now in our 70s and mellowed beyond having to prove anything, enjoyed the company of old friends, reminiscing, and catching up with each other’s past 50 years. East College Reunion, DePauw University But for all the joy, laughter, and…
Finding yourself single and over 50 can be like falling down the proverbial rabbit hole. For women, even the statistics are topsy-turvy. Older men are nearly twice as likely to be married as older women. Almost half of women over 65 live alone compared with one in six men. And, oh, how the dating game…
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