By Kathleen M. Rehl, Ph.D., CFP®   “Where do you want to live when we’re old?” I asked my husband two years ago. That was before my 75th birthday. Charlie replied, “Our grandkids already think we’re old!”       Conversations followed over the coming days and months, resulting in…

By Renee Langmuir   Why is it that sometimes the words of others have an eternal shelf life? Such was the case during my teaching career when my principal said, “You are just one step below a perfectionist.” Although intended as a compliment, at the time it landed as an…

By Alice Herb   Glancing at my emails a few months ago, the name of a friend whom I had not seen or heard from in more than 40 years came up. I was startled and excited. She and I had worked together at ABC News but she had always…

By Louise Applebome   I admit it.   It’s the truth.   I am not one who often likes to emerge from my comfort zone.   In fact, the COVID lockdown was fine with me because it allowed me to stay home…in my ultimate sanctuary and comfort zone, and to…

  Announcement! Dave Donelson’s New Book, Visions of a Certain Age, has just been published and is now available for purchase! Visions of a Certain Age chronicles the highs and lows of growing older in today’s America. You’ve seen many of Dave’s inspiring graphic poems previously on agebuzz. Now you…

By Renee Langmuir   Whenever I am in a medical office and I need to make the next appointment, I always tell the receptionist I can come anytime because I am retired. Such an interchange prompted my partner in conversation, who was nearing retirement age herself, to tell me that…