As a first time traveler to Italy, I had been planning to experience many of the wonders that most tourists see. But on this trip I was...

Sometimes challenges are just the medicine we need. Photo by Filip Mroz on Unsplash Somewhere around my 40th birthday, I got it into my...

Photo by Nishikino Maki on Unsplash I was born in 1961, in an age when all little girls went to school in dresses. My questioning of this...

Photo credit: Dan Novac on Unsplash We’re leaving for Italy soon. This is the trip we were supposed to take in October 2020 after I...

For Those Who Are Afraid of This Procedure Photo by Mat Napo on Unsplash I recoiled as I picked that photo. I am not a shot person. I...

My journey through knee replacement as it happens I got arthritis from a German Shepherd puppy on a beach in Maine. Okay, so some...

I always loved crime shows. Criminal Minds. Dexter. The Equalizer. Older stuff like Columbo, Perry Mason, Quincy. Every night after the...

I was never much of a clothes person at any point in my life. As a kid, I wore Carter's matchable clothes. They were very basic knit...

Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash I thought that after I finished college I would get a chance to be wild and free. I’d get a job at an...

Photo by Raoul Croes on Unsplash There’s a book sitting on my shelf titled “It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now.” I don’t how my...

The kids moved out. My husband and I are retired. It’s time to do a bit of traveling. But most of the time, we’re here. For us, there is...

Photo by Centre for Ageing Better on Unsplash I have never been a fan of prejudice in any of it’s forms. But I just caught myself! Right...

Photo by Ray Shrewsberry on Unsplash Treasured items? I do have a few things that have sentimental value- photo albums, my favorite...

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Photo by Mark Timberlake on Unsplash We went on a cruise with friends and had planned everything out, including our excursions, with...

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash After a fitful start, I’m getting just a little bit of traction on this Perpetual Rotation Schedule (see...

Photo by Ruffa Jane Reyes on Unsplash Does success really breed success? Doesn’t the achievement of success, in real life, spur me one on...

Photo credit: Juan Gomez on Unsplash When the night isn’t going well, I change venues. Throughout my life, I’ve found that a change of...

Photo by Pauline Bernard on Unsplash I always felt that gardening is something everyone should do, especially older people who have time...

‘Twas the night before school starts and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for my spouse. Her plans she had...