The Still Here Gazettehttps://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/We have not authorized the future.en-usMedicare has issued new stars. Barbara would like hers engraved.https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/medicare-stars-2027-barbaras-awards-ceremony/The new plan ratings have reached the kitchen table. Barbara has prepared an acceptance speech for a decision she has not yet made.Current newsWed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/medicare-stars-2027-barbaras-awards-ceremony/Medicare enrollment opens October 15. The kitchen table has been placed under federal supervision.https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/medicare-open-enrollment-2026/October 15 through December 7: a real enrollment window and an entirely avoidable argument about which envelope is the important one.Current newsTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/medicare-open-enrollment-2026/The government has not moved its payment department to the gift-card rack.https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/the-irs-does-not-take-gift-cards/Marlene can detect an international plot in a microwave manual. The stranger asking for gift-card codes has received less scrutiny.Scam watchTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/the-irs-does-not-take-gift-cards/Retirement planning requires numbers. ‘I know what I’m doing’ is not one of them.https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/retirement-is-not-a-comment-section/Bud has a pension strategy, three sheds and a highly specific prediction about a currency collapse. His daughter would like a spreadsheet.RetirementTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/retirement-is-not-a-comment-section/Your estate plan cannot be ‘Everyone knows what I meant.’ They absolutely do not.https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/estate-plan-is-not-a-facebook-post/Ronald has posted his wishes publicly, twice. The family has responded with one heart reaction and a request to locate the actual documents.Estate affairsTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/estate-plan-is-not-a-facebook-post/The original scowl preservation charter: nobody is replacing Grandpa with the nice Christmas photo.https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/the-original-scowl/A portrait replacement is not an opportunity to rehabilitate the deceased. We preserve the face that went with the post.Company dispatchesTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://softboulders.com/companies/last-word-memorials/blog/the-original-scowl/