Walking medical miracles, that’s what we are

September 2, 2026
Thirty years ago most people my age might be dead. 40 years ago, they would be. It's a miracle that so many of us are still walking around. Pacemakers.  Ablations.  Fake knees, hips, shoulders.  Chemo. radiation. And men seem to have a harder time than women, maybe because they spent...

How do we use our resources?

August 23, 2016
Surprising, isn't it, how Albert Einstein was such a deep thinker on so many different subjects? Including religion and, it seems, conservation. I love his suggestion...

When friendships change

August 22, 2016
"I don't feel the same connection I once did with her," I said to my husband, not too long ago. I was talking about a longtime friend with whom it was getting harder and...

We will never be here again

August 19, 2016
We may lose and we may win but we will never be here again He was young and impossibly fresh-faced and adorable when he came to our attention in the early 1970s, part...

Life overload

August 18, 2016
  We are a society overloaded with information, and I fear, overloaded with activity. We're too damn busy, that's what I think. I'm thinking of myself, of...

Who we are

August 17, 2016
I love collage. I have no talent in the making of them, but I love them nonetheless. Special appreciation, too, when they reflect a person's identity. Who they are at...

Dreaming

August 16, 2016
I was watching a documentary the other day about something that happened more than 80 years ago. Looking at the faces of the people in the program I saw an innocence and...

Too much stuff

August 15, 2016
Shopping for stuff is so much fun, it really is.  It's one of my favorite activities. I love the feeling of buying something new and then looking forward to wearing it,...

Do something about disappearing desire

August 12, 2016
I was in my mid-40s when I made an appointment with my GYN, with whom I had a great relationship. "Something's wrong," I said. "My libido has completely disappeared. I...

“I don’t want to be alone”

August 11, 2016
Being alone is a topic that's come up among my friends and peers repeatedly recently and I think it's our age. As we pass middle age, we start thinking of our future...

Tips for summertime easy living

August 10, 2016
Summertime has a special feel, doesn't it? Maybe the way we feel about it goes back to our school days, when summer meant a break from teachers and homework. It meant...

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