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Ever Thought About Writing Your Memoir?
February 20, 2026 -- If someone asked me last year if I was going to be writing a memoir I would have chuckled. "What have I ever done that was that interesting. Memoirs are for luminaries like movie stars, inventors, military heroes, and athletes." That all changed after I received an unusual Christmas present from my daughter Molly. Yes, the…...
Top Retirement Towns
Rio Rancho is the third-largest and also one of the fastest growing cities in New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, this new and suburban city had a population of 104,046, a 15% rise from 2010. It lies in the Albuquerque Basin to the west of the Rio Grande, about 12 miles from Albuquerque. Although the community is very popular…...
Westbook is a charming small New England town on Long Island Sound. It has a lovely little downtown with a square in the center. This is a big sailing and boating town with many large marinas. The area is fortunate to have a major outlet mall in town and one other in the adjoining town of Clinton. The average ages…...
Located in western Vermont near the New York border, Middlebury, Vermont, is home to one of America's top liberal arts colleges, Middlebury College. It has to be one of the top settings for a college town of anywhere, and has attracted many baby boomers who are making it their retirement community. The population is 7,000 (2020). Two of the big…...
Beverly, Massachusetts, is a suburb of Boston and located in Essex county, with a population of 42,670 residents (2020 census). The upscale community sits along the Massachusetts North Shore and considers itself to be the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution with the first and the largest cotton mill in America. The town also rivals nearby Marblehead for being the birthplace…...