The wee small hours of the morning bring joy, reflection
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland It all began with a talent contest at Bentwaters Royal Air Force base in Ipswich, England in 1958. One of the competitors didn't show up, and the organizers needed someone to fill...
Social Security and Medicare should be debated
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland We are less than a month away from an election where issues affecting those in their bonus years hang in the balance. These include: tax reform – especially what is to be...
Plan your bonus years like you plan your working years
An old business school riddle goes something like this: If there are five frogs on a log and one decides to jump off, how many are left? The answer: Five. The reason: Deciding to jump is not the same as jumping. The number of...
Using autobiography to clear the cobwebs for the bonus years
Unabridged from my Bonus Years column in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Capital, Annapolis, Maryland It was late one Friday evening – this was nearly 15 years ago. I had just returned to Annapolis from a week-long business trip. Going through the mail that piled up over...
The gift of hospitality does not include retirement
Every so often you meet genuinely special people – people who make you say, "I would like to be like them." Mary Sue and I met two people like this shortly after we moved to Annapolis in 1993. I'm referring to Graham and Libby Gutsche,...
Aging goal: Getting better, not just older
For the past few months we have written each week about Marylanders in their post-60 bonus years, seniors fully engaged as editors, nurses, volunteers, philanthropists, home builders, coaches, music directors, cooks, mentors, even Olympians – including several seniors working into their 80s. Whether you...
