Backstory – Evening Retirement, with all its opportunities, can also lead to a life that is quieter, safer, softer. Can that lead to boredom? That was the concern of my beloved, when retirement was new to me and well experienced by him. This is the conversation we had about that. Consider This Show – Evening […]
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Time to Hide?
Backstory – A Time to Hide This story came from concern about the daily news in our country. While we await progress and decision making and leadership, what we receive is foot dragging, finger pointing and blame. We would not put up with it in our own life, why do we allow it in our […]
How’s Your World?
Backstory – How’s Your World? We Americans are being accused of whining these days. Regardless of your political affiliation, the cries of incompetence, self-interest and politicizing are rampant in each direction. Yet as I look at my friends and relatives, we are all living quite well. While there could be improvements, we are fortunate to […]
Just Another Day
Backstory – Just Another Day Time. It’s something that should be consistent. Just 24 hours in each day and that’s that. Do the best with it you can. You get no more and no less. But it’s NOT the same to everyone. Ask anyone under 10 years old whether time flies. They’ll probably tell you it […]
Life on Fast Forward
Whoa! Just like that, another season has rushed by. Where did it go? Who put our world on fast forward? Everywhere you turn, someone is marveling at how quickly the time goes by. You wake up and barely get going, when it’s lunchtime and the afternoon is here. Blink and the day is over. There […]
White Orchids
At the Farmers Market, I purchased a fresh cut spray of white orchids. Put them in the turquoise Fenton vase that has been gracing the dining room table for weeks since I won it out of the hands of the other bidders at an auction. The vase had been giving us such pleasure, with its […]