Go-go, slow-go and no-go: Longevity and retirement lifestyles
Remember high school physics where we learned Newton's laws of motion. Think about Newton's first law, his Law of Inertia: "An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by another force. An object in motion continues in motion with the same speed...
The best place to retire is measured by love and relationships
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland Albert Einstein may have been the world's most brilliant theoretical physicist and, yes, he won a Nobel Prize. But I can't help remembering that he also served for a time as the...
Retiring from a job does not mean you retire your calling
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland "A servant's heart." That's a term I've heard many times over the years, referring to people whose joy in life comes from serving others. Those with servant hearts are everywhere, but because...
Legacies we leave to those who follow are built over a lifetime
Last week, following a three-day meeting in Miami, I decided to visit my mother. So I rented a car and drove over to Ft. Myers Beach on Florida's west coast. I called her first, so she would have time to get "prettied up." No surprise...
Making the move from a waterfront home to a home on the water
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland Ben Franklin's many gifts to the world include words of wisdom such as, "Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it." Because I am neither wise nor foolish, I am always...
Math professor retires to new challenge in medical research
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland "There are lies, damned lies and statistics." So said Mark Twain. But don't even think about saying this to Charles Mylander. Mylander is a statistician. Actually, he is much more than that....
