How to Get Tech Help From Family Without Giving Away Your Accounts
Our daughter Karen lives in Denver, and she's the tech whiz of the family. So when I couldn't figure out how …
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How to Find and Cancel Streaming Subscriptions You Don't Watch
Last month, Cindy handed me our credit card statement with a highlighter and one word: "Explain." So I sat do…
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Walking Is a Great Start: Add Strength and Balance After 60
For eleven years, I walked two miles every morning. Rain or shine, with my friend Barb, around the lake and b…
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How to Turn a Family Memory Into a Story With AI
Our granddaughter found it in the hall closet at Thanksgiving. A black-and-white photo of my mother and fathe…
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Help Paying Heating Bills: How to Apply for LIHEAP This Fall
Last January, I knocked on our neighbor Rosemary's door to drop off some mail that landed in our box by mista…
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Medicare Grocery Card Ads: Do You Really Qualify?
My poker buddy Hank called me on a Tuesday night, fired up. "Bob, did you see that commercial? Medicare's giv…
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Can't Hear TV Dialogue? Turn On Captions Before Turning Up the Volume
Bob and I have a Friday night ritual. Popcorn, the good blanket, and a British mystery on Netflix. Last month…
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How to Set Up Medical ID on Your iPhone Before You Need It
Last month at the farmers market, my walking-group friend Evelyn fainted right next to the peach stand. One s…
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Can AI Tell You If a Message Is a Scam? What It Can and Can't Do
Our neighbor Dot is a smart cookie. Seventy-four, sharp as a tack, and she's been using a chatbot on her phon…
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Got a Surprise Subscription Renewal Email? Don't Call That Number
My brother-in-law Gary is a retired accountant, so he notices numbers. When an email showed up saying his com…
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Medicare Savings Programs Can Pay Your Part B Premium: Who Qualifies
Last month, Cindy's cousin Dolores was at our kitchen table going over her budget with a yellow legal pad. Sh…
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Thinking About OTC Hearing Aids? Start With These Questions
Bob and I were at our favorite Italian place for our anniversary last spring. Candles, a little Sinatra playi…
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