Especially if you’re older and need your cash flow to improve I have been writing on Medium since early 2019. I have over 2,000 followers now, which is not a huge amount, but certainly enough to make a difference in my monthly payout. I have learned many things over the…

And do you know the history behind them? As a writer, I occasionally come across phrases that are no longer used. They always fascinate me, and although I know they have an origin, I’m usually too lazy to look them up. Is Your Slang Out of Date? What happened to words like groovy, boss and nifty?medium.com I received a message from one of my friends…

Some things are hard to explain… I was never very close to my oldest brother Hal. He was twelve years my senior, so we didn’t have much in common. But he was a tender soul, and like many tender souls, he died too early, at the age of 54. Some…

Some of them may surprise you! Sex isn’t something that’s discussed openly among my senior friends. Is it considered taboo? Who knows? I know my libido isn’t as high as it used to be. When I was young, I thought about sex all the time. Now I have other things…

A sure fire way to get some alone time We’ve all met one; somebody who annoyingly monopolizes the hot tub when we want to be there. Perhaps they go into some soliloquy about politics. Maybe they want to complain about their ailments. Or they want to tell you about their…

They may seem lifeless, but there's still some spunk in there — Sometimes I feel like giving up on my mother-in-law. At 93, she is on a downhill slide, sleeping more than anything, and when she’s awake, she stares at the television or hopes to be fed. She doesn’t have Alzheimer’s or dementia, but an impaired memory from a stroke 10 years…

Most of them are pretty boring — I don’t know about you guys, but whenever I’ve visited a senior center, it’s pretty anemic. Usually, there are some card games, donuts, and a pool table. Beyond that, there’s not a whole lot going on. The Culver City Senior Center where I volunteered in Los Angeles was a different…

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It's very difficult to witness the demise of a loved one My mother-in-law returns today to live with us. We have had a few months off because she rotates between Erika’s two sisters. Again, her arrival here fills me with dread. Her continual decline is very hard to watch. For…