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All The Things I Am Grateful For NOT Having This Year
We have a tradition of going around the table on Thanksgiving and saying what we are grateful this past year. When I look at everything going on in our world right now – I think there are more things I am grateful to NOT have. Sometimes, that is even more meaningful than counting the things…
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Post-COVID; Things Will Never Be the Same Again.
Remember back in 2020, we would say, “…when things get back to normal, we can ___________, (fill in the blank)? Back then we thought it might be two weeks, then four weeks, then three months, then ‘when the weather gots hot’. But it did not get back to normal – in fact – it would…
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47 Days Until Christmas … Ready, Set, Go!
My Birthday is the very last day of November. It always comes after Thanksgiving – sometimes very quickly depending on the calendar year. And after that – Christmas comes rapidly on the heels of the turkey and cranberry sauce. I don’t mind having a birthday in the middle of the holidays – sometimes it means I…
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Crepe Erase For Men?!
Why are men never asked about their visible signs of aging – and furthermore – why do these men not seem to be concerned? Does anyone ever comment on a man’s hair going gray, or the slight belly paunch that protrudes over his belt line? How about the crow’s feet and the drooping skin just…
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“There’s a Special Place in Hell for Women Who Don’t Support Other Women”
This quote was apparently, printed on a Starbuck’s coffee cup many, many years ago. I don’t generally look to my disposable beverage container for wisdom and insight – my main goal is to get that caffeine in me deliciously fast. But this quote comes back again and again, into my aging mind. We have a…
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Some Friends Will Stay Around Forever… In One Way or Another
As young girls, we have best friends that are by our side during the quintessential moments of growing up. For me – that friend was Michelle; my age and the same birthday as my grandma, which made her special in my eyes – because Grandma was a most special person in my life. We were…
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Things I Never Thought I Would Do … Never Say Never
I love that saying, “As soon as I say, ‘I would Never’, there I go never-ing like I never never-ed before”. Last weekend I told my brother that I had bought three pairs of Bombas compression socks to wear on our 12-hour plane flight to Italy in December. Wearing them is supposed to keep your…
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What Do You Need to Survive?
One of my retirement jobs is substitute teaching grades K-12. Last week I was subbing in a class full of 6th grade students ages 11-12. We were discussing the Neanderthal era and the characteristics of ‘community’ during that time. Their patterns of behavior and available resources, as related to survival, made for a lively discussion…
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Medical Care As We Age – Is It Cheaper To Die?
True story – I have an $8,900.00 annual deductible on my health insurance plan. Any service that is not deemed routine or preventive must be paid out of pocket, before my 70% coverage kicks in. To give you an example; last year my doctor referred me for a diagnostic upper endoscopy procedure that required about…
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Are Memories Real or Imagined?
I have this great memory of going to Oakland A’s baseball games in the early 1970’s. I vividly remember the outrageously creative names on the roster: Vida Blue, Rollie Fingers, Mudcat Grant, Catfish Hunter, Blue Moon Odom, Sal Bando and Tony LaRussa to name a few. We would drive down to the Oakland Coliseum in…
Killing It In My Sixties 