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Do you find gardening too much of a chore? Does cleaning up winter clutter hurt? You could move into a retirement home where you don’t have to do those things. Another possibility: live with your kids. Oooppps! How about co-housing, which brings you together with people who are adventurous but willing to share household
Tumacacori Mission In the Borderlands, a stone’s through from Hollywood, someone who is looking for a more romantic West can find it in Spanish missions, dude ranches and hacienda-style homes. Tucson’s Catalina Foothills development of the 1930s-40s is dotted with mock-adobe walls and red tiled rooftops that enclose luxurious living spaces with beamed ceilings, cozy MOXIE COSMOS SAYS… I confess: I am a www.planetizen.com addict. I find the online “digest” for professional planners, designers and developers irresistible, and I could spend hours reading about ideas for a future I will not live to see. On February 18, I encountered Will Doig’s feature on “How to solve the boomer retirement crisis.” It advises attracting older people MOXIE COSMOS SAYS… Another e-mail from our English “Cousin” Peter: Don’t ignore this one. Check your debit/credit card receipts before you leave stores . This is another scam that has reared it’s ugly head!!!!! [I HAVE REMOVED THE NAME OF THE STORE. OTHERWISE, THE CIRCULATING MESSAGE READS] MOXIE COSMOS SAYS… Our English “cousin” Peter Smith (real name) sends us some of the best laughs we get. This is one of his finest contributions of late. As you think about giving – ‘tis the Season – you might stop worrying about your evaporating cash balance just long enough to meet an older elder who  MOXIE COSMOS SAYS… THIS IS MY MOTHER’S LAST HOME – OUR HOME Floor Plan Before CAPS Remodel Here is how we remodeled a 1938 house to provide a second master suite, and below it are photos of the structural changes discussed in my recent posts about how we remodeled a house to accommodate an 80-year-old with  Mom with Bob and Me 1947 Mother and Dad were in the habit of sitting outside their house on pleasant evenings. This began at their suburban home in St. Louis, where they had a flagstone patio and could expect neighbors from the two other houses on the block to join them, at least on weekends.  Mom at 19 MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . . My artist friend Trudy is still uncertain about moving to an Assisted Living facility. Her concerns center on having space for a studio and her dog. Also, the fact that she is under 70 years old means she will be younger and abler than most of her MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . . The proofreader for my second second Sophie and Sam mystery happens to be a social worker with a lot of experience in nursing homes. She questioned a scene in which a group of nursing home residents are being wheeled through Bok Tower Gardens. She said nursing homes do not have  MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . . Editing the second book in my series of six “Sophie and Sam” mysteries, this phrase is meaningful in a practical sense. I am about three-thousand words over my self-imposed limit. The longer the book, the more it will cost, and I am determined to keep a paperback under $15, which |
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