It would be nice if everything were “cut and dried,” that everything was the good vs. the bad. But, many things land in between. In that regard, I found with interest a recent article in the Los Angeles Times detailing the results of an international regulation imposed in 2020 requiring ...

Question: I am confused about what I can do with my insurance now that I have signed up for Medicare. This year during February I signed up for a Medicare Advantage HMO plan that started in March because I turned 65. Now my friends say I have to choose my insurance during October, November, and ...

Yesterday I spent part of the morning picking red raspberries. My son had told me they were ready so I went down for some. They were not as nice as I hoped but I got about a quart of them. They reminded me of Don. He had a patch of red raspberries at his house before we got married. He would ...

Question; In my Medicare & You handbook, it found something called PACE. Do we have a PACE locally? Answer: When talking about Medicare, the PACE you are referring to is an acronym and stands for a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. PACE is a program that provides ...

I remember this little hot dog stand that sat at the corner of either Swan or Dove Street and Lake Shore Drive in Dunkirk, N.Y. The streets in that part of town all had the names of birds. Probably the reason I remember it so well is that my girlfriend’s brother owned it. It was nothing ...

I was reminiscing about a volunteer position I held some 40+ years ago. I met a most remarkable woman. She alone had researched and completed a book. All the myriad services offered in our county were compiled in her “Bible.” She was able to find a remote building to house what would become ...