Bob Grafe

Watch your wallet this holiday season
Most senior citizens today are tending to their personal financial affairs with caution and extreme care.
November 19, 2009

Time to get 'nutty' for Seguin festival
Is it time for Seguin’s senior citizens to go nuts? You bet it is!
October 22, 2009

Holiday madness is almost here
In case you haven’t bothered to do the math, there are only 79 more days until Christmas and only 50 more days until Thanksgiving.
October 08, 2009

Is higher education worth the price?
When it comes to helping out the grandchildren with “college” choices, what do you advise your grandchildren?
September 17, 2009

Where have all the newspaper boys gone?
During the 1950s, it was quite common for a boy at age 10 to learn responsibility by assuming the duties of delivering a newspaper route.
September 03, 2009

Retirement — a new frontier
These days it’s not real easy for senior citizens to distinguish between whether the country is suffering from a “depression” or from a “recession.”
August 20, 2009

Looking ahead to autumn gardening
Summer's still blazing, but it's never too early to think about your fall vegetable garden.
August 06, 2009

Talking Health
There is a “free” book available for senior citizens to read. Much of it tells the story of the typical senior citizen’s future health care.
July 31, 2009

Is Alaska still the last frontier?
Most senior citizens can look back on their life and reflect upon those “What if?” questions by answering with the emotionally soothing conclusion.
July 16, 2009

Ageless Spirit: A chance to make a difference
Making a real difference in our community in a positive way is very important for many retired senior citizens.
June 25, 2009

Modern wisdom from Ben Franklin
The Korean War was the frequent topic de jour by my fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Rumbleheart.
June 11, 2009

Senior 'wild life' can be truly entertaining
One advantage of being a senior citizen is setting aside one’s previous “younger days” wild life -- for the wildlife.
May 14, 2009

60 — an age for retirement or rebirth?
Does life begin at conception or does life begin at birth? Well, at least for some, that often heated debate is finally over.
April 16, 2009

Depression is more than just 'the blues'
It is high time that senior citizens in Texas pay attention to the effects of the Great Depression.
April 02, 2009

Reflections on an anniversary
This past Saturday night, members and guests of H.U. Wood Post 245, The American Legion, gathered to celebrate the post’s 90th anniversary.
March 19, 2009

Digging through the old wallet
Like most other senior citizen men I suppose, I get frustrated with the weight of my wallet and resolve to prune its contents.
March 05, 2009

Questions from the great beyond
This past weekend scientists recorded serious seismic activity along the San Andreas earthquake fault near San Francisco.
February 26, 2009

A terribly taxing time dealing with taxes
Depending on how your economic year has been going, you typically either love or you hate April 15.
February 05, 2009

Computers aren't just for kids anymore
Someone announced the other day that “the day of the baby boomer is over!”
January 22, 2009

U.S. veterans must never be forgotten
Do you recall the 1325 Crow Creek Massacre in present-day South Dakota? Or the 1565 Spanish Massacre of French Huguenots at Fort Caroline in Florida?
December 18, 2008