Why Do We Insist on Dying Early?

Maybe you saw the November 30, 2019 Associated Press article in your local paper entitled: “CDC: Life expectancy in U.S. declining.” I found it buried on page 15A in the birdcage-bottom-quality newspaper we have here in Denver.  No space for this newsflash in the front portion of our paper.  More of the attention there was […]

A Berry Important but Nutty Solution to Cognitive Decline

Photo by Trang Doan from Pexels I just finished another boring breakfast – the same one I have 7 out of 7 days:  oatmeal or bran flakes over a bed of strawberries. sliced banana, and almond milk with a side order of whole-grain toast with a thin layer of organic peanut butter and a touch […]

Modeling the New Retirementality

Meet Per Karlqvist, optician, business owner, husband, father of two daughters, granddad of two, golfer, traveler, and socially-active septuagenarian – and a model of the new retirement mentality that is slowly taking hold in our culture. I met Per for coffee this week after hearing some intriguing parts of his story from his son-in-law who […]

Confessions of An Addict

I’m an addict! No, you won’t find needle marks on my arms or between my toes.  I haven’t joined the opioid crowd. I had my single, daily beer today – that was it.  My computers are free of porn sites.  And I haven’t spun a roulette wheel or said “hit me” at a blackjack table […]

Stop the Careening Age Bus

  Here’s some fun information to chew on – instead of that Halloween candy or Wendy’s  S’Awesome Bacon Classic Double. According to fitness experts Steve and Becky Holman at Old School New Body, our body starts aging faster than normal when we hit 40.  Now, for most of you reading this, that isn’t exactly revelatory […]

I’m 25 and want to retire early.  What is my best strategy moving forward?

I’m an information gatherer – probably to the excess.  I guess it’s just part of my wiring.  In this quest for information, I’m a sucker for signing up to services like Medium.org, the Quora Digest at Quora.com, and others. Quora is kind of a strange concept – a Q&A site where questions are asked, answered, […]