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Technology: Not All It's Advertised To Be Feb. 17, 2024
I am reminded, on occasion, of my advancing age. It's never pleasant, the flash of awareness that co... Read More
Good to the Last Drop Aug. 08, 2023
As the only one in my family who drinks coffee, I often found myself making a whole pot of coffee in... Read More
The Bird Is the Word Aug. 01, 2023
I have often written about my mishaps and unfortunate interactions with suburban flora and fauna. In... Read More
Singing a Different Tune Jul. 18, 2023
I'm a relatively quiet sleeper. I don't talk in my sleep. I don't snore in my sleep... much. I don't... Read More
Labor Day on the Fourth of July Jul. 04, 2023
My daughter came into the world with a blast of fireworks. Of course, the fact that it was the Fourt... Read More
Confessions of a Toilet Paper Hoarder Jun. 20, 2023
"Mom, why do you have 36 rolls of toilet paper, 12 bars of soap, eight tubes of toothpaste and six j... Read More
Breaking the Bank May. 23, 2023
I'd always had a good relationship with my bank machine. I gave it checks; it gave me money; it seem... Read More
Mother Knows Best May. 09, 2023
As I was perusing the card aisle a week before Mother's Day, I noticed that the store had already st... Read More
Call Me, Maybe Apr. 18, 2023
"Hello?" I said, picking up the phone from an unknown caller. "We're calling about your car's extend... Read More
Commencement for the Rest of Us Apr. 13, 2023
Thank you for that warm welcome. Or is it me? In any event, I'm very honored to be here today, welco... Read More
Eye See You Mar. 14, 2023
"Honey, have you seen my eyeglasses?" yelled my husband from another room. I sighed. This was not th... Read More
Snistle While You Work Feb. 21, 2023
"You were making some weird noises last night when you were sleeping," I said to my husband as I mad... Read More
What Not to Eat Jan. 03, 2023
I recently took a food test online. There was a list of 50 foods, and you got one point for every fo... Read More
One Word... Sounds Like... Biscuits Jul. 19, 2022
"Hi, honey, it's me," I said to my husband on the phone. "Hey, what's up?" he replied. Me: "I just g... Read More
Keeping My Chin Up Jan. 11, 2022
Like many women of my (ahem) mature age, I get daily fashion emails from a website that is geared to... Read More
Does Older Equal Happier? Aug. 06, 2021
Like most baby boomers, I had always embraced the "Forever Young" mantra of Bob Dylan and Rod Stewar... Read More
Flip-Flops After 50 Feb. 19, 2021
Most of us can fondly remember what it felt like to turn 50. And now that we've celebrated and survi... Read More
Generation X Faces a Bleak, Impoverished Old Age Oct. 26, 2019
In 1991, demographers Neil Howe and William Strauss published their awkwardly titled tome "13th Gen,... Read More
As You Commence Middle Age... Jun. 08, 2017
Why is it that commencement speeches are given only to college graduates? What about folks commencin... Read More
The Barn
Aug. 27, 2014
