My long time best friend Freda, the one how had been ill since March – underwent surgery last week and died this week. Her illness and death made it hard to write about aging – the “facts” of aging were all too clear and I was all too close. I posted on Twitter and FaceBook…
I was asked by many why I did not write about the “swine flu” when everyone else was doing just that. And my answer is – because everyone was writing about it and the information was getting confusing and making people so worried that they went out and paid lots of money for unknown and…
I have known June since we were about 5 or 6 years old. She is an inspiring example of “it’s never to late to follow your dream.” Her dream was art and she is now an established artist with world wide showings! If you are in or near New York City, Stockbridge, Mass or Newport,…
Some things change dramatically over time and I noticed that last night as I watched the Memorial Day concert from D.C. The story of the family whose son lost most of his brain got me and from that point to the end – I sobbed. When we lived in D.C., my son and I, along…
There is a new twist on the FBI scam letter and it’s this paragraph: THESE CONDITION IS VALID UNTIL 17TH OF MAY 2008 AFTER WE SHALL TAKE ACTIONS ON CANCELING THE PAYMENT AND THEN CHARGE YOU FOR ILLEGALLY MOVING FUNDS OUT OF NIGERIA .I post this again as some of you might know of persons…
This is my annual repost about the origin of mother’s day. We have gotten so far away from the original thoughts and made it into a shopping spree day – like all our holidays! Take time today to think about what Julia Howe wrote. Mother’s Day Proclamation – 1870by Julia Ward Howe Arise then…women of…