Coping With The Financial Crisis
By Robert Schwalbe, Ph.D.
None of us is being spared in reaction to the falling stock market and the collapse of many powerful financial institutions.
15 Money Saving Tips
By Russell Wild
Ben Franklin said, "A penny saved is a penny earned." Quite obviously, Ben didn't have to deal with income taxes.
Cut Your Medical Bills Now
By Chris Oliver
A sad fact of getting older is that you start needing more medical attention and medications. Those costs often consume lots of cash, especially if you are a senior on a fixed income.
Cracking Into Your Nest Egg
By Michael J. Jappell
With so much focus these days on saving for retirement, it’s easy to overlook an equally critical step that relates directly to your future security—how successfully you convert your savings into retirement cash flow.
Save Your Energy Dollars At Home
By Susan Palmquist
These days opening your electricity or gas bill can leave you in state of total shock. And as the weather becomes colder, you may need help stretching your energy dollar. Here are some suggestions.
Tax Savings for Single Homeowners
By Julian Block
Some recently-widowed homeowners who realize profits on sales of their principal residences will benefit from legislation enacted on Dec. 20, 2007, and known officially as the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007.
THANKSGIVING: SLOW COOKER SIDES
By Rowann Gilman
Everyone loves Thanksgiving. But no one actually wants to cook up the traditional dinner, especially if this year’s will be the 15th, 18th, or 20th time the task has come to rest with you.
It Isn't Easy Getting Old – Even For A Dog
By Janel Bladow
New York City isn’t easy for seniors, what with the all the stairs, subways and sidewalks.
Senior Poets, Well Versed In Life’s Rhyme and Reason
By Albert Amateau
Poems, alive and thriving, flew around the fourth-floor room at Greenwich House on Tuesday afternoon as they do the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month when “Poetry for You and Me,” the Greenwich House Senior Center poetry workshop, meets.
Finding Herself
By Jerry Tallmer
On a fine sunny Friday in her 35th year as one of America’s most admired and busiest actresses Off-Broadway, on Broadway, on television, in films, or anywhere.
Irena’s Story
After World War II at a displaced persons’ camp, Irena Gut, a young Polish Catholic, met her future husband, a U.N. staffer named William Opdyke.
Richie the Mayor’s Still There, But Spring Street Has Changed
By Lucas Mann
Maybe you’ve seen him. The Mayor of Spring Street. Seventy-two years after he was born on this same block, Richie Gamba still does not seem in any hurry to leave.
Weak in the Knees
By Jeanette Moninger
It’s easy to take your knees for granted–that is until every step makes you wince with pain.
Sometimes a refrigerator should just be a refrigerator
By Mad Dog
According to legend, Sigmund Freud once said “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” If he were alive today he’d probably change it to “Sometimes a refrigerator is just a refrigerator.”
