Tag: Older

Doyou ever wonder if people can change? If we can heal? Become better people? Overcome our weaknesses and worst flaws? Be the kind of people we really want to be? Or are we all just a mess? Is it inevitable that we fall into patterns of chaos and mediocrity? We are human, after all. I find ...

When forest fires roared through Carpinteria, Calif., in 2017, 88-year-old Nadine Demalleville had just five minutes to evacuate the mobile home where she lived alone with her beloved cats. The former nurse relied on a wheelchair and had no way to get herself to the emergency shelter 20 miles away. ...

When Bruce Springsteen hit his 60s, it was his turn to be rocked. That was when The Boss began experiencing bouts of depression that left him feeling anything but in charge. “I was crushed between 60 and 62, good for a year, and out again from 63 to 64,” he wrote in his auto...

I have traveled with a partner and with several tour groups. I will only travel with Road Scholar from now on, after several trips with them. People like tour groups for various reasons, so one tour group is not a match for everyone’s priorities. Road Scholar is a popular option f...

Before you retire, make sure you can support yourself and your spouse or family. Most people who reach age 50 can expect to live another 30 to 40 years, or even longer if they’re healthy and if their older relatives lived into their 80s or 90s. Step1 To have a secure retirement, first ...

As the son of an English diplomat, I spent some years in my early teens living on the Caribbean island of Barbados. It was there that I was introduced to the game of golf. I would occasionally join my father and his friends on palm-fringed golf courses, and it didn’t take me long to get a f...

As I was backing out of my parking space at Whole Foods, a big man in a black SUV yelled out his window at me, “Stupid (F**k) — it’s people like you who’ve got to go!” He was impatient, waiting for me to back out and going postal over a parking space. Why was he so a...

Every woman wants to look and feel her best, regardless of her age. But sometimes, our style choices can make us look older and less vibrant than we actually are. In this article, we’ll go over 7 common style mistakes that can add years to your appearance, and provide you with tips to avoid th...