Albert Camus was a French writer and philosopher, the second youngest recipient in history to win the Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 43. He was born in 1913. The last time I thought about Camus was when I was in my early 20s. I read his book “The Stranger,” at the insistence of my brother, a Harvard undergrad […]
The candle on your cake is a ‘symbol’ of a wish Under my husbands and my mattress are 27 years of stockpiled birthday and anniversary blown-out candles. Each candle represents a wish. They are in every color of the rainbow. Someone told me years back to always save my candles (my wishes) because it was […]
Article sponsored by VSP Individual Vision Plans Of course, the ability to retire starts here. A first step is to create a spreadsheet with investments, savings, etc, and their current value. You can insert projections about what you’ll save until the day we stop saving and start taking money out. Will you have some continued […]
Most of you know the story of Orchid, my soft-coated wheaten terrier. She is 41 pounds of joy and other than my husband and ultimate concierge, Sheldon Good, she is the one constant in my life. Orchid and I have been together 11 years. Not a day goes by that I don’t smile because of […]
At nineteen years of age, it was the trip of my lifetime. One of my very first travel adventures was in the early ’70s when I went across the country as a passenger on a motorcycle. My parents were probably terrified for me, but my boyfriend was a good driver, gasoline was $0.29 a gallon, […]