Jackie’s Columns

(Archived from Jackie’s writings in the Bowie Blade-News)

October 3, 2013

Long-term care payment can reach catastrophic levels

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing—C. S. Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew          A few years […]
September 26, 2013

Sometimes life truly is a matter of balance

When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch’s statement that the elder Caro began at the age of eighty to learn Greek.  I am amazed […]
September 19, 2013

In the numbers: The 40-70 rule could apply

There is something called the 40-70 rule. If you are age 40 and your parents are age 70, you should be having these conversations now…None of […]
September 12, 2013

Moving toward the ‘young-old’ as we age

The hollow horn plays wasted words, proves to warn that he not busy being born is busy dying—Bob Dylan, American musician, singer, songwriter and author, in […]