Killing It In My Sixties

I’ve talked about my strict Catholic upbringing before, and some of the lessons and traditions have been long forgotten, (or buried).  However, some of the first important lessons learned in my religious training, were memorizing the Ten Commandments.  I was in second grade when this intense instruction began in preparation for making my First Holy…

How did we get from celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring equinox ——— to an Easter Bunny and colored egg hunts?  As a born and raised Catholic – I grew up entrenched in the weighty traditions of Lent that spanned those six weeks…

Since the divorce, her mom and dad never seemed to be around – especially on a Friday night.  Squatting on the stair post of the upstairs landing, I watched Dan and Pete lead Missy and her best friend, Katy to the bright, cheerful green and white gingham-checked bedroom.  Dan’s crush on Katy had taken on epic…

I recently became aware of a Facebook group called “Dull Women’s Club”, and it has close to 350,000 members!  I read a couple of the posts from different members and was (mildly) amused enough to join the group.  The content consists of people posting a photo of themselves and then describing the rather mundane lives…

Logically, I know its not good to shove comfort food in my face when I am depressed, lonely or bored. My COVID 19-pound weight gain proved that, and while it may have helped me get through it – it wasn’t the best thing for my waistline.  These days, I try to remember the “all things…

I am reading an article with a list of all the things I can do to make my day bearable today as a single person —- while all the in-love people in the world celebrate the International Day of Love.  The rather pathetic list includes things like: go to a scary movie, go for a…

When we are younger and going through the many stages of adulthood – we may identify as a student, an intern, a newbie employee, and/or a growing career person.  From there – we move up the ranks or transition to bigger and better positions and paychecks. Some moves are lateral and some are unwanted, landing…

Until today, I dd not know there was a term for a person who loves the rain. Looking at the word, “Pluviophile”, does not conjure up anything that feels remotely close to rain. But ——Apparently, the word pluviophile is made up of two words, “pluvial”, a Latin word meaning rain and “phile” which means to…

As I drove down the freeway this morning heading to work, I witnessed a blanket of fog laying over a patch of open space. Several redwood tree-tops poked through the fog creating a scene that looked like a snow-covered meadow of Christmas trees. I smiled and thanked my angel guides for reminding me of the…

I lay awake in my bed from 12:30 am to 4:00 am – mentally calculating how much sleep I can bank before my alarm goes off at 5:45 am.  The more I calculate – the more anxious I get. I reassure myself that, the three hours I got between 9:00 pm and 12:30 am, may be enough to get…