I recently returned from an extended weekend at a beautiful desert location where 32 college classmates and I had a mini reunion. We’d started with a simple goal: old friends getting together to enjoy being together. It turned out to be an unexpected prescription for a lot of fun, reflection
Since there’s little totally original in the world, we like to share the good ideas others have with you and we like to let you know where we learned of it. After all, we are all trying to create more ease for all generations during the POPcycle. Today we
As tax day quickly approaches, knowing what tax breaks are available could help you this tax season. Here are some great tax breaks for those 50 and over from news.yahoo.com – Bigger standard deduction The standard deduction is $7,850 for taxpayers age 65 and older in 2016, which is $1,550 more
In the past few days our President addressed the nation about a crisis that is impacting the entire nation and suggested we may be losing it unless we change our course. People are dying on the streets and in their beds. People are being People are dying on the streets and
Although in parts of our country the streets were white with freshly fallen snow, the calendar says we’ve just crossed into the time of year called the Spring. As with any other day of the year you might choose, passing into this brand new season could provide the chance
Brain functioning of those suffering from dementia can be improved if they belt out their favorite show tunes, according to a recent 4-month long study by U.S. scientists. Interestingly, listening to old favorites from the heyday of their youths — songs like “Oklahoma” ”Wizard of Oz” and ”Sound of Music” — has
Back in the 19th century, social reformer Henry Ward Beecher stated: “We never know the love of a parent until we become one ourselves.” Today we are learning new truths in our expanding 21st world. Jane proffers: “We never know the love we have for a parent until we POParent
Although February is associated with valentines, chocolates and romantic love, it is also the ideal season for deciding to and actually open our hearts and become more compassionate to others, yes, even those we love but don’t always enjoy. POParenting can be challenging in ways that we least expect. The
The statistics are consistent and the trend is growing: the rich aren’t just getting richer but poorer Americans live substantially fewer years — for a variety of reasons. Despite the many advances in medicine and education since the 1970’s, the difference in lifespan after age 50 between our wealthiest and
Do you have a list of things you’d like to have experienced over the next say 25 years, 10 years, 5 years or even one year ahead? Some people call it a “bucket list.” For me, that term always sounded like I was about to die. Hence I prefer to