5 Things Tuesday on Wednesday — 5 Life lessons you’ve learned during the lockdown. I learned that we weren’t all that outgoing before the lockdown, so I suspect being locked down was less difficult for us than for others who… Read More ›
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DON’T YOU HATE WHEN THIS HAPPENS?
I went to see my doctor yesterday. We are new to one another and we needed a pow-wow. The last time I was there, I handed him a box with about 10 pounds of paper medical records in it. I think,… Read More ›
NEED A LAUGH?
I found this on Twitter. It’s funny. It’s relevant. But mostly, it made us laugh. Days that begin with laughter are always better than the other kind. You know. The days that start with tears and a migraine — and… Read More ›
ONE-LINER WEDNESDAY – ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER?
ONE-LINER WEDNESDAY: DO YOU REMEMBER? Are you old enough to remember needing to find a piece of flint to start a fire after using stone tools to kill a woolly mammoth? I’m reasonably sure I never killed a woolly mammoth…. Read More ›
LIKE SAND THROUGH AN HOUR-GLASS
Once upon a time, my generation was the largest generation the world had ever seen. The post-war baby boomers were a huge population bump and that is probably how we managed to get some stuff done. Or, more accurately, we… Read More ›
THE PROBLEM WITH DOCTORS
Am I well? Am I healthy? Is that the same as “not dead yet”? Because I’m beginning to think that is the way our so-called medical system works. The problem with doctors is, as far as they are concerned, if… Read More ›
SEND IN THE CLOWNS REDUX – Garry Armstrong
From May 14, 2017: A little piece from Garry that rings as true now as it did four years ago on this same day. “Send In The Clowns”, on its own merit, is a beautiful song from the show, “A… Read More ›
WE ALL NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE BETTER
Despite all logic and reason to the contrary, Trump still continues to hunker down in the White House. Does he really believe he can stage a coup and become King of America? Does anyone genuinely believe that? I’m sure there… Read More ›
IS THERE ANY NEWS WITHOUT THE ORANGE MENACE?
Over the past four years, we’ve become addicted to the Orange Menace. Whether you hated or loved him, he was our national — international — soap opera. No longer did we need to wait for an event or calamity to… Read More ›
A DAILY BIT OF HUMOR OF BIZARRO
I’m sure there’s something political here, but no one is exactly sure what. I think maybe you can make up your own idea of what this might really mean. Or maybe it doesn’t mean anything. Take your best guess! If… Read More ›
SOCIALISM ISN’T COMMUNISM — AND WHERE DID OUR SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY GO?
Americans think “Socialists” must be the same as “Communists.” Having lived most of my life in the U.S. (born here, raised here, schooled here as were both of my parents), but also having lived for almost a decade in good… Read More ›
THREE DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION
I’m exhausted. When I finally go to sleep and later wake up, nothing seems to have changed. Except everything has changed, but now instead of changing in huge increments, it’s a few thousand votes here, there, oh and over there,… Read More ›
