Stay hydrated in summer heat

#Middlebury #Seniors If there is any mantra we need to repeat this summer it’s this one: drink more liquids. A university study revealed that 80% of heat-related deaths were in ... Continue Reading →

Are you ready to come out now?

#Middlebury #Seniors Warm weather is here, which ideally would coincide with ending the coronavirus restrictions that have kept us isolated for well over a year. Are you ready to come ... Continue Reading →

Fight back against rising food prices

#Middlebury #Seniors This week I scored a grocery discount of $5.21, plus over $6 in free groceries by using the store coupons. Added to that was $12 in free items I took to the local ... Continue Reading →

Things you can do to combat rising food prices

#Middlebury #Seniors According to the Consumer Price Index, food prices from one year ago have gone up 3.3%. It’s not going to stop there. Non-food prices are going up as well, ... Continue Reading →

Help with COVID funeral expenses

#Middlebury #Seniors No one wants to think about it, but it’s a fact of life. People are dying of COVID. They’re leaving behind families that, in many cases, are already ... Continue Reading →

Favorite foods missing from grocery shelves

#Middlebury #Seniors You’d think that the grocery store shortages would be long gone by now. But no … they never completely went away. Only the missing items have changed. My ... Continue Reading →

What will we do with our time?

#Middlebury #Seniors What did we really accomplish this past year? We’ve had time, certainly, with all these lockdown days, weeks and months, to do any number of things. After ... Continue Reading →

Lessons learned from buying online

#Middlebury #Seniors So many things have changed in how we live our lives in the time of COVID. It’s been a year since it all began in earnest and, despite the vaccines, nothing ... Continue Reading →

Living alone means making backup plans

#Middlebury #Seniors I have a new friend. When she bangs on my door, on a daily basis now, it’s clear that she wants to come in and visit. So, being a good neighbor, I open the ... Continue Reading →

Scammers try new ways to trick you

#Middlebury #Seniors How many phone calls did you receive today? Of those, how many were scam calls? So far today I’ve received eight. This is nothing new, but the tricks that ... Continue Reading →