One of the harder parts of getting older is realizing you can’t do things you used to do. This might not sound like a big deal. After all, life requires we let go of stuff we did in college, like… Read More ›
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LOOKING FORWARD
Are we still telling all the other girls and boys to stop meddling with our toys? They aren’t the same toys we had as kids. They are definitely more expensive and fragile. We take them as seriously as we took… Read More ›
A MOMENT OF EPIPHANY
Sometimes in life, we recognize the precise time when our life changed. Something happened. Maybe it was a phone call or a random conversation. It could be a letter or something we read in a book. It wasn’t necessarily an… Read More ›
22 YEARS AFTER 9/11
Share Your World – 11th September This date — September 11, 2001 — was both a wakeup call that America was not immune from terror — and the beginning of America becoming the kind of country who could elect Donald Trump…. Read More ›
EPIPHANY: THE MOMENT OF CHANGE
Sometimes in life, we recognize the precise time when our life changed. Something happened. Maybe it was a phone call or a random conversation. It could be a letter or something we read in a book. It wasn’t necessarily an… Read More ›
RECYCLING THE WORLD
Tragedies, calamities, doom, damnation, and the world is ending. Well, it probably IS ending and I don’t think there’s much I can do about it. I’ve been feeling tired of being me for a while. Possibly years. I am sure… Read More ›
WHERE AM I? WHERE ARE YOU?
There is a line we should have never crossed, but we crossed it. We feel endangered because we are in danger. There is a very strong likelihood our grandchildren will not have the freedom or the right to vote.
BECOMING MYSELF (AGAIN)
I used to be me. By the time I rounded the corner to 50, I was sure who I was, give or take a lie or two. I knew what I looked like and believed. That was when everything started… Read More ›
STAYING ALIVE, STAYING ALIVE!
Fandango’s Provocative Question #129 I’m not sure if this week’s question is provocative or merely frustrating. I’m 74 with enough physical issues and problems for half a dozen folks my age — and you want to know how, what, or why… Read More ›
FIXING WHAT IS NOT BROKEN
Change For Change Sake, by Rich Paschall You may have noticed that the websites you use regularly change their format from time to time. Just when you got used to your favorite credit card site, they changed everything around. It… Read More ›
AND THE DAILY WORD IS “TRANSITION!”
TRANSITION! Could I have ever imagined that this simple word would take on such a profound meaning? Finally. At long last. T**** lost. T**** is leaving. We’ve not going back to “the old days,” but at least we are going… Read More ›
IT IS NOT OVER – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s the crowding that makes these epidemics appear more often now than they did in the past. The (it wasn’t) Spanish flu built its power in the trenches of World War One. Since then, the world’s population has exploded. We… Read More ›