She stepped out of the wild tangle of bushes along the edge of our rural road. The golden brown dog with velvety ears emerged as if out of a dream, a vision conjured up from my memories of Jasmine who died ten years ago. This living lookalike of my beloved pup stood steady and calm […]
“An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.” (George Eliot) As it pertains to the outcome of the midterm elections on November 8th, we’ve been hearing terms like shellacking, landslide, bloodbath, tsunami, wipeout, cataclysm, apocalypse, and fuggedaboudit. One can only hope […]
It’s been a while since I’ve been on a cruise. However, I do remember there was always so much to do: hanging out at the various bars, nightly entertainment, delicious food, gambling, etc. I would also watch people sometimes get so drunk I wondered how they made it back to their cabins. Anyway, I was […]
Health, Time, Money, Feelings (the personal marathon for living well) Do you believe most problems boil down to issues concerning health, time, or money? Are they interconnected in ways we’ve not thought? You have a better life with good fitness habits, because you won’t suffer increasing immobility or pain. You have a better life with […]
I had a dark moment. Those five words capture the internal agony of a popular female celebrity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adjusting to a new normal was part of her challenge, and in her turmoil, she acknowledged that she wrestled with severe anxiety. Pulling out of the downward spiral included sharing her struggle with a […]
In the early 1980s I was in an antique/junk kind of shop and saw an old beat up picture frame with a faded poem written in it. Gone From My Sight was the poem’s name. I smiled when I read the poem, thought “how beautiful,” and bought the framed poem. Fast forward to 1985. As a hospice […]
A decade ago, she walked from Marseille to Jerusalem. With her dog as a companion. We met Pascale, our host for a two-month gig in Gers, a region in France stretching from the north to south of the Great Pyrenees Mountains. She asked us to look after her dog, Noisette, and three pygmy goats. […]
“Something magical happens when parents turn into grandparents” We all remember the day, that we were told we would become grandparents. It’s the best feeling in the world, right? As grandparents, we have more patience, can laugh more, we realize that dishes can wait, laundry can wait to be folded, etc. when our grandchildren want […]
Stacks of research studies document the impact of Social Security’s various benefits on the adults receiving them. But little is known about the children who get Social Security checks every month. That’s starting to change, thanks to Timothy Moore at Purdue University. To advance research on child beneficiaries, he has created a database with more […]
On August 16, 2022, Joe Biden, The President of the United States of America, signed the law of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. This Act covers a wide range of regulations on health, taxes, and climate change. The Act contains several provisions designed to reduce the cost of prescription drugs for people receiving Medicare […]
