Like many people, I enjoy watching the Olympics. However, I've got too much to do to sit for hours in front of the television. That's why I decided to get caught up on organizing my photos while watching the Olympics. It's worked very well. I organized all the albums in... Read more →
Last night, I spent several hours organizing my receipts, then filing them. If you keep receipts, which I suggest all consumers do, it's good to get them in order before the receipts for 2018 start coming in. Since I have a small business, I need to keep track of my... Read more →
Today I had to face my Junk Drawer. My fence is being repaired, and after a worker cut a board for the bottom rail too short, I had to go to Home Dupot and buy a new one. He was at the end of the job, so there weren't any... Read more →
Meryl Baer, blogging at Six Decades and Counting, admits that she’s not a very good house cleaner. In fact, she says, she could probably win a prize for worst house cleaner. Baer offers a short story illustrates this fact: Her three-year-old son – this true event occurred decades ago –... Read more →
Income taxes are due this year on April 18. Have you sent in your return yet? I mailed mine today. Last year, I had a bad experience with H&R Block. I couldn’t get an estimate from the receptionist on how much it might cost to get my income taxes prepared,... Read more →
Things are different these days, our group of baby boomer bloggers note in last week’s articles. One ponders about whether it’s O.K. for a writer to wear her pajamas all day when she works at home. Another finds wise words in James Baldwin’s quotes from years ago that are helpful... Read more →
Last week, I had a reminder about the continuing need to work on organizing my paperwork. I was getting ready to teach my blogging class and noticed that the document listing the blogs my students had set up in past wasn’t complete. Apparently, I hadn’t saved the latest edition or... Read more →
Tom Sightings of Sightings From Sixty is the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #451. The theme for boomer blogging this week seems to center on how to spend your time in retirement, how to focus your energies, and how to prioritize your activities, Sightings says. More specifically,... Read more →
I’m the host for this week’s Best of Boomer Blogs #404. As an older adult, I’ve been discriminated against – many times. How about you? On my blog, Brendan Hare, author of “From Working to Wisdom: The Adventures and Dreams of Older Americans,” writes that ageism stands as one of... Read more →
Do you have an unsecured wireless network or “IP” camera that sends out live feeds? These cameras – which millions of Americans use to remotely monitor their homes, offices, businesses, pets, and loved ones – are often shipped to consumers with default user names and passwords that are publicly available.... Read more →