A Personal Time Capsule
We each have a personal history. A lot of mine has been tossed, over the years, into this trunk (or footlocker). In 1963, it was brand...


Living with Uncertainty
I have been thinking about all of you and hope you are staying well. COVID-19 has been a unifying experience, as we are all experiencing...


Resolutions and Reminders
Happy New Year to all my blog friends. Twenty-twenty is a fun name for this new year. We used to say “Two Thousand and One,” etc., but...


On Becoming Antique
I was never one to collect antiques. In fact, it was rare for me to buy furniture. Most of my furniture came as hand-me-downs from the...


Things That Are Funny About Major Surgery
As the title of my blog indicates, I like to find the laughs in life. Even when I had major surgery last month, there were things that...


My Latest Binge
I have been bingeing on Madeleine L’Engle. Perhaps it began when my granddaughter and I went to see the movie “A Wrinkle in Time.”...


Expectations
My daughter and I were talking about “expectations.” I once heard “expectations breed resentment.” As a grandmother, I have learned not...


Neighbors
The three-pound bag of Clementine oranges was a lot for one person. I’m fortunate to live in a 55+ apartment complex, so I asked my...


Mishaps at the YMCA
It’s January 2, 2019, so the YMCA parking lot was packed to the gills today ….all those New Year’s resolutions! I try to get to the Y...


Cannabis, Canada and Culture
Cannabis became legal while I was in Canada. At the stroke of midnight, we heard whooping and hollering outside our Montreal hotel. On...

