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...

All is calm. Or maybe it isn’t.

January 29, 2016
No one turns a phrase like the Dowager Countess, don't you agree? I look around me at the frenetic lives so many are living--including me, and here's what I'm...

Blindsided by Facebook

January 28, 2016
It was early morning and as usual, I signed on to Facebook. As usual, I checked the day's birthdays to find that yes, one of my friends, "DB"  was celebrating her...

Hypochondriac’s nightmare

January 27, 2016
I made my annual women's health appointment the other day and got an email back inviting me to connect to my doctor's health care portal. There, I can view all of my...

About blooming

January 26, 2016
If there's one thing that's evident from my years developing grey hair is that there's no personal growth without pain. Whether it's physical or psychological, no one...

Vulgarity is not comedy

January 25, 2016
Comics reached a new low at the Golden Globes the other week when comic actress Amy Schumer told the viewing public in a televised interview that her vagina itched. I...

Dance

January 24, 2016
Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance, when you're perfectly free.  ...

A different way of looking at our lives

January 23, 2016
Stories about resolutions for the year abound these days, and most of these goals are doomed to failure. But what if we didn't look at resolutions, but instead at a...

The magic of invisibility

January 22, 2016
“I don’t know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower.”        ...

Wisdom of elders

January 21, 2016
This is a remarkable quote and not just for what it says. It's remarkable because it was in a card that one of my nephews sent us, with a note in which he acknowledged...

Don’t be afraid

January 20, 2016
Have you ever heard I don't know as the answer to every deep question you ask someone? Many of us have heard that kind of response. Maybe the person giving that...

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