A column for seniors and those who love them

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young. - Fred Astaire, American actor.

From the moment we are born, there are milestones in our life that appear to happen with little effort - almost accidentally. Before we turn around twice, as they say, we find ourselves a high school graduate. How did we do that? Really, we did it by just kind of going with the flow. Doing what society and Mom and Dad expected of us. The path to the goal was laid out in front of us. We were fed and clothed while we achieved...