The dangerous delusion that you won’t age

December 3, 2025
aging
Friends are astonished that we have put a deposit down on a retirement community---even those our age. "Why are you doing that now?" they ask. "It's too early! You two are young!" We are 74 and 77. We are not young. We are aging. And it is not too early. "Why would you go into a...
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Leave a Comment · Healthy Living, Opinion

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

February 16, 2024
memories
Every so often I'm reminded that I've lived many lives within this one I'm still living and such was the case the other day when we went to Costco. You may...
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12 Comments · Blog, Spirituality

Is there such thing as “the love of my life”?

February 14, 2024
love-of-my-life
This is a good day to consider the question: Is there just one right mate for each of us? The person we call "the love of my life"? Or is it just a fairy tale...a...
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4 Comments · Blog, Opinion

Two things at once & I don’t mean shots

February 9, 2024
Most of us have seen Travis Kelce of my beloved Kansas City Chiefs in his "two-things-at-once" ad. I was reminded of it the other day when I posted a query about the...
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6 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog, Inspiration, Opinion

Why are some people tone deaf?

February 7, 2024
tone-deaf
Some people just don't get it. Seriously. They're what's called tone deaf, which means largely insensitive to something. Usually someone else's feelings. It's...
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Back in time with a 1967 Trans Am

February 4, 2024
Trans Am
Just seeing one of these (now) ancient Pontiac Firebird Trans Ams immediately transports me to the late 60s and the teen scene. Seems like all the hot boys had these...
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Big Sur: my own Blue Heaven

February 2, 2024
Big-Sur
It's funny how inspiration appears out of nowhere. I once wrote a narrative poem called Blue Heaven while sitting at Nepenthe restaurant in Big Sur. Big Sur has...
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8 Comments · Blog, Inspiration, Travel

Un-reality check as a sleep inducer

January 30, 2024
un-reality
I don't take sleeping pills. So when I can't sleep, I try to find something mindless to send me off to Dreamland and it's usually the women on un-reality show, The...
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The slam book of today

January 25, 2024
slam-book
Remember the slam book? I think of it every time i see someone post this on Facebook: Post this on your timeline and invite people to tell you what they like...
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Is reciprocity necessary in relationships?

January 23, 2024
Reciprocity in relationships first came up for me many decades ago. It was then that I realized how every relationship requires balance of some kind. Not all the...
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Wait…. Have I become a sports fan?

January 18, 2024
sports-fan
We Boomer women were raised at a time when girls rarely played sports. Oh, maybe field hockey in gym class. But we didn't play any equivalent of Little League. It...
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14 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Blog

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