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Karen Wagner 5/23/23 Karen Wagner 5/23/23

Age: Ten Birthday Reflections.

We mark our birthdays with surprise.

Karen Wagner 5/22/23 Karen Wagner 5/22/23

Ta-Da! Lawyer Retires and Becomes—A Writer.

A year of weekly wine-fueled scheming-and-planning dinners, and in 2011 my next career began.

Karen Wagner 5/21/23 Karen Wagner 5/21/23

Let’s Talk.

Are you happy to be your age?

Karen Wagner 5/16/23 Karen Wagner 5/16/23

Ten Very Different Style Messages.

How on earth can you not think about what you wear? And why would you want to repeat, repeat, repeat. Unless you say and do the same thing, day after day?

Karen Wagner 5/15/23 Karen Wagner 5/15/23

The First Of Many Volunteer Ideas: Become A Greeter.

Do you know where to buy the best banh mi in town? Were you the first to find a new niche bookstore? Are you a fan of a small, free museum that isn’t yet on TripAdvisor? Then you’re the perfect person to become a Greeter!

Emma Gaedeke 5/15/23 Emma Gaedeke 5/15/23

A Recipe—and A Wine Discount—From Gooseneck Vineyards.

Looking for a twist on a classic breakfast for your next brunch?

Karen Wagner 5/14/23 Karen Wagner 5/14/23

Let’s Talk.

What do you wear now when you want to be taken seriously?

Karen Wagner 5/9/23 Karen Wagner 5/9/23

Why Lustre? Because We Want To Change Retirement.

When we retired, we were excited about how we would use our experience in a new venture. About a year later, we realized there was no general recognition of how useful we might be…

Karen Wagner 5/8/23 Karen Wagner 5/8/23

Rome: Seven Rules for Navigating the Coffee Culture.

There is a coffee culture in Rome and it can confuse the uninitiated. No one wants to stand out as a tourist, right? Seven tips.

Karen Wagner 5/8/23 Karen Wagner 5/8/23

Let’s Talk.

How many ideas do you have for Retirement 2.0?

Karen Wagner 5/2/23 Karen Wagner 5/2/23

Twelve Cooks. Eleven Cookbooks. And The Internet.

We were so happy when we made out first successful French onion soup.

Erica Baird 5/1/23 Erica Baird 5/1/23

Birthday Jazz: Swinging On A Star.

I’ve been talking a lot over the past year about revisiting the small live jazz haunts of my youth. My sister Lindsay made it happen for the continuing festival otherwise known as my birthday.