Opinion


Rejected … but I’m okay

Thank you so much for entering … I knew where this was going; they were not the words I wanted to read. I wanted a “Congratulations!” not a “Thank you.”…





Plant a tree, but not for me

Grandpa Howard was always entertaining me with the stories of his own grandfathers. He recounted how his own grandfather Howard passed away on May 8, 1891, the day after Grandpa…


How to avoid elder scams

In my last column, we reviewed the alarming statistics around seniors being scammed, the financial devastation it causes and tried to answer two questions: Why don’t more people report the…


Welcome to Grill-osophy 101

I have to come clean. I am a heavy smoker. But it gets even worse than that. I am also a habitual griller. There is no brisket, turkey breast or…