My husband is a very social person.  He makes friends wherever he goes.  He can be a bit overbearing and intense, but since he is pushing ...

While I am trying to review our schedule for the upcoming Hawaii trip...first three days on Oahu, then four days on Kauai, and finally 6...

In my last post, I wrote about my quick trip up to Chicago.  It was a good thing that both my husband and my daughter pushed me to go.  I ha...

On an upswing. My moods are unpredictable these days and I am sure it is because I am full-on into elder mode. My memories keep movin...

The weather this morning is quite cool to weed in the garden I need a jacket.  There was a light rain last night and everything is richly g...

I am up earlier than usual. My night was filled with odd dreams. I was working at a new and rather gloomy place. Some government offic...

How can someone who is retired be too busy to write her blog? I am not procrastinating because the Blog is on my mind several times a da...

I moved into this house, which we built, almost fifteen years ago. I even wrote a blog about that, printed it out on paper, and then de...

It seems that the world turns and turns and mankind churns and churns and we are at opposite purposes. I will ignore this black hole...

As we age, the contrast of events in our current life or memories from our past life seem greater or maybe lesser. What do you think?  ...

One of my kind followers noted that I had not posted in some time. And, of course, since I have been in a mid-winter doldrums slump, there...

Do all old people get idiosyncratic or is it just I?  I find myself counting the stairsteps in my house when I go up or down. Not ALL t...

The older I get, the more I find myself fitting in the mold of an old doddering lady. I always pictured (hoped) that I would become the sty...

I sit this morning in the early dark drinking my strong black coffee with just enough sweetened cream to take the edge off.  I slept over se...

My prior post on our trip to Pittsburgh provided a quick overview of a city that was once part of "America's Rust Belt". ...