When things we thought were unnecessary are actually quite necessary, ...

May 16, 2024
This hangs in my little home in Rochester, NY and since it's on the refrigerator, I look at it a lot. (Ok, maybe too much. But that's another post) I love it, because it really says so much of what I have learned about unnecessary things over these last 50 years that I've spent growing...

The puzzling state of Instagram and TikTok

January 10, 2024
Get ready, I'm about to show my age. Or is it my common sense? You decide. Scrolling through Instagram is a guilty pleasure. My feed is stuffed with cat and dog...

It’s not my job

January 4, 2024
  Disturbing installation, isn't it?  The artist made a gorgeous glass chandelier and then purposely shattered it. Why? Here's what it's about and as you...

How to make a 2024 Gratitude Bucket

January 3, 2024
When I decided to do a little gratitude bucket last year I didn't realize how much fun it would be to unfold my entries at the beginning of 2024. But let me start...

The opinion zone is now off-limits

January 2, 2024
Writer Anne Lamott fell all over herself a apologizing for an opinion tweet a few days ago. She had the audacity to opine that she looked forward to a new year...

This might be a life-changing perspective

December 28, 2023
This compelling piece by an anonymous writer was posted by a friend and is a brutally real perspective on life. Life-changing. And an inspiration for living. I'll say...

Her mark was indelible

December 27, 2023
When we met didn't realize how huge her impact on me would be. The indelible mark she'd leave on my life. She was, in fact, my very first friend in California. I...

If you’re a caretaker, this might be why

December 20, 2023
Cheer when your friend wins. Hold her when she's sad. Love her when she needs hope. Care for her when she says she's fine. Believe in her when she doubts. Show...

Boomers at the holidays

December 16, 2023
Do you remember those TVs? And that wallpaper? How did we ever think designs like that were attractive? But still, there's a certain warm nostalgia images like this...

Do you have a dog in this hunt?

December 15, 2023
Dog in this hunt: stake in the outcome. My position on any given personal situation, especially big ones like relationship endings, is to determine if I have a dog in...

Paying it forward

December 12, 2023
Few things have touched me more than receiving a kind offer that was paying it forward. If you don't know what that means: It's when someone who received a...

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