Anyone over 50 can hardly avoid brushing up against AARP. It lobbies for oldster causes. It peddles Medicare insurance and other unpleasant services. It promises discounts on travel and it sends out peppy communiques designed to make aging sound like … Continue reading
Category Archives: At Home and Abroad
Except for a week here and there, I have spent my American life east of the Mississippi, a hopeless tenderfoot. I recently spent another week way out west, this time in and around Santa Fe, New Mexico. As usual there … Continue reading
Several decades ago I was quite taken by “The Great Good Place,” by Ray Oldenburg. It suggested people need a third place to hang out that is neither work nor home. It can be the local saloon or pub where … Continue reading