How to Invest a Million Dollars?

I'm 65, single and feel so alone in the process. Can you give me some basic advice on erere to invest a million dollars? I have very little income, and i think i need a way for this capital to work for me. If you do real estate, it's going to help protect you against inflation. And if you haven't got an unconnectedr found who's around in oregon, i would start to do that. It might be interesting to see if you have food coops near by. Some of the local development funds and some of the food coops need loans regularly. There's a web site called prosper dot com where you can make loans on