The passing years can result in more time for favorite
pursuits—and a wiser outlook.
October 2013
By Linda Melone
Don’t tell Sherman London that aging means slowing down and failing health.
After 20 years as the editor of a daily Waterbury, Connecticut, newspaper, London retired but quickly decided that lounging and taking it easy wasn’t for him. “I tried golf but was never a golfer,” he says.
Instead, London went to work as a spokesperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and covered major disasters including Hurricane Andrew and the Northridge earthquake in California. “That kept me going for three to four years, but I stopped taking assignments when I realized I was away from home too much,” he recalls.
London was then appointed to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission, which, as he puts it, “fights for transparency in government.” He served 17 years, noting that “working on the commission was a great position for a retired newspaper man.”
After London’s wife died two years ago he entered an assisted living facility. There he quickly joined the residents council, a six-member group that fields complaints from the residents. Now 91, London has done more in his retirement years than many much-younger people accomplish in a working lifetime. “I’m happiest when I’m doing things,” he explains.
Full article here...http://energytimes.com/pages/features/1013/aging.html
pursuits—and a wiser outlook.
October 2013
By Linda Melone
Don’t tell Sherman London that aging means slowing down and failing health.
After 20 years as the editor of a daily Waterbury, Connecticut, newspaper, London retired but quickly decided that lounging and taking it easy wasn’t for him. “I tried golf but was never a golfer,” he says.
Instead, London went to work as a spokesperson for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and covered major disasters including Hurricane Andrew and the Northridge earthquake in California. “That kept me going for three to four years, but I stopped taking assignments when I realized I was away from home too much,” he recalls.
London was then appointed to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission, which, as he puts it, “fights for transparency in government.” He served 17 years, noting that “working on the commission was a great position for a retired newspaper man.”
After London’s wife died two years ago he entered an assisted living facility. There he quickly joined the residents council, a six-member group that fields complaints from the residents. Now 91, London has done more in his retirement years than many much-younger people accomplish in a working lifetime. “I’m happiest when I’m doing things,” he explains.
Full article here...http://energytimes.com/pages/features/1013/aging.html
