STILL WORKING AT 65? HERE’S HOW TO HANDLE MEDICARE

Dear Savvy Senior, My wife and I are approaching 65, but I’m still working and have good health coverage through my employer. Do we need to enroll in Medicare at this point?

Pass me a light

The work described in this editorial and the series of articles to come took months. It took records requests, follow-up requests, and requests after that. It took a lot of phone calls to a lot of people. It took spreadsheets and timesheets and ledgers and a great deal of patience with silence.

Faces & Places

“Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops.” ~Kate Sheppard Ask yourself, do I really want the country run by the same party that runs New York, San Fransico, Seattle, Portland and Chicago?

Time to grow

Sue Jane Sullivan “The seed is in the ground /Now may we rest in hope “Sabbath VII” 1982, Wendell Berry Wendell Berry’s literature (poetry, essays, books) would be a wonderful addition to a classroom or coffee table.

Old Glory News

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS YOUNG AND OLD. I HOPE YOUR DAY WAS WONDERFUL LIKE MINE I had a wonderful Mother's day, all four of my children came to see me and took me out to lunch and got so many cards and pretty flowers and cake, oh my, how nice.

THE LETTER YOUR LOVED ONES WILL TREASURE

Dear Savvy Senior, I want to leave something meaningful for my children and grandchildren, beyond just money or property. I’ve heard about “legacy letters,” but I don’t really know what they are or how to start one. Can you help?--Legacy SeekerDear Seeker, You’re asking a wonderful question.

Some feel-good things

Joy may seem elusive at times, but I like to think that there are people among us who know just when to write the song, produce the movie, make the podcast, or publish the book that could evoke some smiles.Recording artist Amy Grant’s new album was released last week.

TEXAS HAS A WATER CRISIS.

The harder question is who's responsible for fixing it.A few weeks ago, the Texas Water Development Board put a number on what many of us in rural Texas have been feeling for years: $174 billion.

ORGANIC INTELLIGENCE

Infrastructure is arriving in West Texas faster than civic understanding can keep up. That’s not an insult. It’s a description of the speed of technology versus human learning curves.When new industries blow in on a big wind, they don’t come as a single project with ribbon cuttings and handshakes.

BROADCASTING SMALL TOWN SPORTS

In some small towns there is no newspaper or radio station, so ordinarily small-town sports don’t get any media coverage. That has changed with a group called Texas 1A Fan that started broadcasting games of 1A schools on the internet.