The Accounts That Outlive You
Your will covers the house and the money. It does not cover forty years of photographs — and your family cannot get to them by asking nicely.
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The Policy You Buy and Hope Never to Read
I’m not an insurance agent and I don’t sell policies. Coverage terms vary by company, by plan, and by the state you live in — the only document that governs your trip is the certificate of insurance for the policy you actually bought. Read it. This piece is here to tell you what to look…
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Where Americans Are Actually Moving Abroad After 55
General information only — this is not immigration, tax, or financial advice. Requirements change and vary by consulate; confirm current rules with the relevant embassy or a qualified immigration attorney before making plans. Every retirement-abroad article promises paradise and a lower cost of living. Fewer of them tell you the actual income number a consulate…
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Fall Term
What to Take This Autumn, and Where It’s Free Friday, August 28, 2026 · Learning · 9 min read Last month we laid out the landscape — the senior tuition waivers, the OLLI network, the $0-to-$65-a-year math of going back to school after 55. If you read that piece and filed it away as “someday,”…
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The Password Hour
The One Afternoon That Fixes Your Entire Digital Life Friday, August 21, 2026 · Technology · 9 min read Somewhere in your home there is a record of your passwords. A notebook in a kitchen drawer. A folder labeled something innocuous. A Word document called passwords.doc. Sticky notes ringing the monitor like a paper wreath….
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The Best Three Weeks in Europe Start After Labor Day
and This Year There’s Paperwork Friday, August 14, 2026 · Travel · 10 min read There is a moment, usually around the third week of August, when the entire European travel market exhales. The families go home because school starts. The crowds thin. The restaurants that had a two-week wait have a table Thursday. And…
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Beginner Again
The Case for Taking Up Something New at 65 Friday, August 7, 2026 · Learning · 9 min read There is a specific, squirming discomfort that adults spend most of their lives avoiding: being visibly, clumsily bad at something. The wrong notes on the piano. The mangled sentence in a new language. The pottery bowl…
