Tax time is almost here, a period when, like the cartoon character Snoopy, we wish we could write the IRS asking to be removed from their mailing list. People little realize that taxes are a form of power because a bureaucracy funded by taxpayers is beholden to them.  Cut that “umb

I’ve been eating Spinach and doing yoga exercises in the hope of living long enough to see a self-driving car.  But yesterday, I  woke up to learn my aspirations are way behind the curve.  More likely, I’ll see flying cars before self-driving ones.  Believe it or not, the tech

A friend visited the other day and as she settled down with a cup of tea, she peered round the room, admiring my new apartment which is larger than my last.  I’m probably one of the few retired people who has upsized her space rather than downsized.  My friend must have wondered h