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September 17, 2025 — The dream retired accountant Kent Broussard had since 1968 was to play in a big time college marching band. Now at age 66, the Sousaphone player has reached that goal, and is loving every second. Kent, a freshman at Louisiana State University, is thrilled to be…
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June 4, 2025 — While many of us have entertained the idea of retirement in a foreign land, the thought usually passes. It either seems too hard, too far away, or too strange. So I was delighted to meet Don and Denise on our recent trip to Paris. This interesting…
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July 3 , 2024 — A trip to Scandinavia might be on your bucket list. It certainly was on ours. After talking about it for many years, Roberta and I went there for 2 weeks in June. We highly recommend it – the sights are magnificent, the people are…
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June 2, 2024 — Like cruising on the great blue yonder? There’s at least one product that can help you live that dream in retirement – year round! Villa Vie Residences is offering multi-year cruises on one of the residential cruise ship company’s boats. The Odyssey is scheduled to depart from…
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April 3, 2024 – When you were a lot younger, could you ever imagine someone in their 80’s, even 90’s, who was still skiing? Well get over that, because the slopes in some resorts have plenty of octogenarians gracefully coming down their trails. Some ski areas are welcoming them with…
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August 1, 2023 – Talk about adventurous retirements – Lucy Burdette transitioned in mid-life from a Clinical Psychologist to published author. And on August 8th, she has 2 new books coming out! Crooked Lane Books is publishing the 13th in Lucy Burdette’s popular Key West food critic mystery series,…
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June 29, 2023 — While any kind of travel is usually high on many people’s retirement bucket lists, a walking or hiking trip a particularly good idea for those looking for an active experience. Walking tours are the perfect Goldilocks adventure option for people of retirement age. Easier and…
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By Bill Carito: April 13, 2023 — I wrote in January about our experience driving an all-electric Volkswagen Id.4 from Portland, Maine to Key West, Florida (see Snowbirding Electrically – Part 1). Thought I should provide an update about our trip home. The verdict? Totally uneventful, which is…
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Editor’s note: Bill has been kind enough to write for Topretirements on other topics in the past, including the fascinating tale of his “Cleaning Out a Cluttered Victorian”. This installment shares his adventures and lessons learned from driving his new all electric car all the way from Portland, Maine,…
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October 20, 2022 — Our retired friend EZ loves a great train trip, and hates everything about flying. He resents getting to the airport hours early, parking in a remote lot, shuffling through security lines, worrying that some delay will make him miss the flight – all to have the…
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