Category: medical issues
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My Post-Surgery Misadventure
A favorite restaurant is located three blocks from my house. I walked out my front door early on a pristine autumn morning, not a cloud in the sky, the sun shining, warming the night-chilled landscape. I walked slowly, unsure how my body would react six days after surgery. The past few days had been spent…
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Retired Once Again and Pondering a Universal Question
I have retired. Again. Not from paid employment, but from a part-time volunteer job. A couple of years before Covid our town sponsored a Farmers Market. Less than 20 vendors signed up and braved the unknown retail environment. This summer over 60 vendors fill a church parking lot every Friday morning. A waiting list of…
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Boomers Boost the Economy
A trip to the grocery store, gas station, or favorite restaurant and today’s economic reality cannot be ignored: prices seem to rise daily. And my generation – the baby boomers – has been hard-hit. Many folks will not wholly recover assets lost during the Great Recession and recent skyrocketing inflation. But boomers are an optimistic…