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I’m a widow who brings my quirky sense of humor, wisdom and keen observations about life and growing old to my blog---or so others have told me.
2024-04-24 04:00
I've been using WPS office to write posts which has been a free program for as long as I've had my computer. But they've been leaning on me lately to upgrade to their paid edition for $9.99… Read More
2024-04-17 04:00
It’s Sunday and my birthday and I’m hiding out from the public places so I don’t have to listen to ten verses of ‘happy birthday’. It's one of those love/hate t… Read More
2024-04-10 12:33
2024-04-03 12:38
When four days of your life are taken up by one over-whelming theme a blogger feels compelled to write about it even though she or he may not want to because---well, because it’s a gro… Read More
2024-03-27 04:00
BEFORE WE GET TO THE POST BELOW I want to thank everyone in the blog community who posted comments regarding my brother's passing and who contacted me by other means. Your condolences, praye… Read More
2024-03-20 04:00
My brother passed away last weekend after a few stressful weeks following a fall he took. When they were ready to discharge him from the hospital, his doctor recommended Hospice only to have… Read More
2024-03-13 04:00
I’m not a fan of basketball but I am a fan of google and I’ve been researching why and what March Madness is all about. I love saying ‘March Madness’ and wish t… Read More
2024-03-06 05:00
My upstairs neighbor woke me up at 7:00. For such a little thing I can’t understand how she can sound like an elephant stomping around up there. I wish I could be in two places at once… Read More
2024-02-28 05:00
It’s been a head spinning week starting with a lecture here at the continuum care complex that was---well, very complex and totally over my head. It was presented by a woman whose fiel… Read More
2024-02-21 05:00
2024-02-14 05:00
Correction. I’m not ‘little’ but I’ve been a busy bee lately and it’s mostly my own fault that I had a million questions come at me where ever I went this… Read More
2024-02-07 05:00
Tuesdays or Thursdays are usually our lecture days here at the continuum care campus. I try to go to them all for several reasons: 1) I figure if they don’t get supported they’ll… Read More
2024-01-31 05:00
I’ve finally figured out how to keep my apartment clean and ready for drop-in company at any moment. Step one: Have a second cousin and her husband invite themselves over one Friday af… Read More
2024-01-24 05:00
I woke up this morning thinking that I had to pee like a Russian race horse. I haven’t been around horses enough since my teens to remember how they pee but it’s phrase my husban… Read More
2024-01-17 14:37
Last summer the IT guy here on the continuum care campus was messing around with my computer for some Mickey Mouse reason when he said I don’t have the requirements needed to upgrade m… Read More
2024-01-10 05:00
The first week of the 2024 is over and all I have to show for it is a pedicure and a ten dollar bill from winning at Bingo. Considering it costs five bucks to play it’s not a win big e… Read More
2024-01-03 05:00
2023-12-27 05:00
2023-12-20 05:00
I woke up this morning thinking I had a dozen Christmas tree cookies lined up on my Read More
2023-12-13 05:00
It's starting to look a lot like Christmas around here. The photo above is of our lobby where this week the area will be filled with folding chairs and an a keyboard will be moved in f… Read More
2023-12-06 05:00
Sometimes it’s easy to forget to filler myself when it comes to recommending a Netflix series to binge watch. At the lunch table recently, here at the continuum care facility, we share… Read More
2023-11-29 05:00
2023-11-22 05:00
It’s Sunday and I don’t have a post ready to edit for Wednesday. That’s out of character for me to cut it so close to the wire. But I’m stalling here, because it's be… Read More
2023-11-15 15:02
Our Life Enrichment Director is really good at listening to our suggestions for cultural or fun events to put on our calendar and one I suggested happened this past week. It was… Read More
2023-11-08 13:04
2023-11-01 04:00
For Halloween our Life Enrichment Director here at the continuum care campus staged a Murder at Heathcliff Manor mystery dinner party. Was it ever fun both before and during the event. Twent… Read More
2023-10-25 04:00
"Privacy is not about hiding something. It's about being able to control how we present ourselves to the world." Bruce SchneierLet’s talk privacy. What’s too muc… Read More
2023-10-18 04:00
When I sit down to write a new post I quite often do a search of my blog to make sure I won’t be repeating myself. This blog goes back to 2012 and my life experiences aren’t that… Read More
2023-10-11 04:00
It’s been two years since I moved into my independent living apartment on the continuum care campus and we had a party to prove it. Our first anniversary party was a huge affair with f… Read More
2023-10-04 04:00
I’ve been so busy I hardly noticed that September turned into October. My first clue that it was happening is that I got a phone call from one of the guys living in my continuum… Read More
2023-09-27 04:00
It’s a rare occasion when I share a photo of myself online but the one below of me all dolled up and experiencing High Tea seems like a good time to do it. People on my continuum care… Read More
2023-09-20 04:00
There was a long line at the grocery store giving me plenty of time to study the stuff the guy in front of me had in his cart. The thirty year old inside me thought he was cute enough to be… Read More
2023-09-13 12:45
September is firmly in place with all the changes it brings. Children are settled into their new classes by now and when a sunny, warm day comes along we treasure it because we know we won&r&hell…Read More
2023-09-06 13:43
2023-08-30 04:00
“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments… Read More
2023-08-23 04:00
Often times over dinner people here on the continuum care campus will ask each other what we did all day. A table of twelve might bring answers like, “I went to Macy’s…&rd&hell…Read More
2023-08-16 04:00
It was one of those days when I was so busy the step counter on my fitness watch was calling out in pain, not to mention my fallen aches were doing the same. It was window washing day at the… Read More
2023-08-09 04:00
Image © Friends of Acadia National Park / Yehyun KimIf you’re a long-time reader you might remember that I’ve hated being pared for dinner with only one person living in my… Read More
2023-08-02 04:00
A powerful storm torn through our campus several hours before twenty residents from the Independent Living building were booked to go on a steamboat ride down the Grand River. When the sever… Read More
2023-07-26 04:00
Visiting my brother in the Memory Care building is a crap shoot in many ways. You never know what kind of problem---real or imagined---he will be trying to solve. There are common themes in… Read More
2023-07-19 04:00
2023-07-12 04:00
Okay, that’s a provocative title and probably a bit deceitful. But I’m taking a page from Dawn’s blog (The Bohemian Valhalla) on that one. She puts a lot of thought into he… Read More
2023-07-05 04:00
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2023-06-21 04:00
Back when I was teenager in the ‘50s Slumber Parties were a common teenager activity at my school and presumably in the greater realm of the pop culture of the era. If you’re too… Read More
2023-06-14 04:00
2023-06-07 04:00
There are a couple of (gay) women living here who I’ve nicknamed the Skinny Minnie Twins. Both of them were college professors and have been together since their early twenties. They a… Read More
2023-05-31 04:00
Six months or so ago I started a creative Writing Group here at the continuum care complex. We’re a small group with a core of four but we are faithful in our endeavors. Two of t… Read More
2023-05-24 04:00
2023-05-17 04:00
2023-05-10 04:00
Last week I got hooked on Facebook's Reels and Short Videos. If you’ve never viewed them they are like Ticktock where people from all over the world upload minute-long videos of just a… Read More
2023-05-03 04:00
It seems like a lifetime since I last sat down at the computer to write. I didn’t even take a break from posting when I was in the hospital with broken ribs so this transition from pos… Read More
2023-04-26 04:00
Saturday morning I woke up expecting I’d be doing my normal routine of drinking two cups of coffee while reading and replying to comments on my latest blog post. But that didn’t… Read More
2023-04-22 04:00
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2023-04-12 04:00
The weeks leading up to Easter here at the continuum care complex were slow and boring if you’re not a Christian who took part in all the related activities that goes on between Lent a… Read More
2023-04-08 04:00
2023-04-05 04:00
My cleaning service comes in the morning so I’ve been picking stuff up to get ready for her. Thank goodness she comes once a monthly, otherwise who knows what my apartment would look l… Read More
2023-04-01 04:00
Back in September I had thumb surgery on my dominate hand---both hands actually but only one is bothering me now. It’s been bothering me since my first fall between Christmas and New Y… Read More
2023-03-29 04:00
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2023-03-22 04:00
2023-03-18 04:00
It’s been awhile since I’ve written about books. I’m not reading as much as used to. I’m still keeping up with our book club here at the continuum care campus but tha… Read More
2023-03-15 04:00
I’ve never liked using the word ‘queer’ and I was surprised as anyone when I found myself binge watching Queer Eye on Saturday night. In case you don’t know or have f… Read More
2023-03-11 15:14
People ask me if I paint much---my easel sets in the window---and I tell them not at all since I moved here which is mostly true. I've dabbled a few times but not enough to earn the "artist… Read More
2023-03-08 05:00
At lunch we got to talking about how much time people sleep and what time they do it after a guy was asked where his wife was. “Still sleeping,” he said. It was nearly one o`lock… Read More
2023-03-04 05:00
2023-03-01 05:00
All of us have favorite
stories we like to tell on ourselves. Undoubtedly, my husband Don had more stories
in him than any human being I’ve ever known. He had the kind of memory
tha… Read More
2023-02-25 05:00
I don’t know much about Lent and Ash Wednesday and the other stuff leading up to Easter. I do know it’s a big deal around here. Two priests serviced the campus ---if ‘servi… Read More
2023-02-22 05:00
2023-02-18 05:00
The people who live in my Independent Living building have a close connection with Michigan State University where the latest in a long line of mass murders occurred earlier this week. We ev… Read More
2023-02-15 05:00
2023-02-11 05:00
I’m chugging along, doing the bare minimum to stay alive and I’m not liking this new me that can’t sleep at night but who falls asleep during the day, whenever the drone of… Read More
2023-02-08 05:00
2023-02-04 14:18
The first time I walked into the cafe for lunch after my time away I got a standing ovation. I don’t know if I was truly missed or if they were just anxious to hear some tales from the… Read More
2023-02-01 05:00
NOTE I went home a few days before this post went live. It was in my scheduler so I'm letting it publish to buy me time to settle back in.I must be getting better judging by the fact th… Read More
2023-01-28 05:00
A huge black face just inches in front of mine woke me from a nap here Respite Care. It was the face of a massive dog who belongs to one of the workers. The management allows staff to… Read More
2023-01-25 05:00
After moving Into Respite Care here at the continuing care complex my brother still lives next door. But I'm staying on the other side of him now than I did before the move. I had my 1st tel… Read More
2023-01-21 05:00
I left the Pain City Hospital after being there for 6 days in a whirlwind after waiting all day to find out if they were gonna release me. The anesthesiologist said 'I think you deserv… Read More
2023-01-18 05:00
It's 6:00 AM and the nurses are getting ready for a shift change. I must say the nurses here at the hospital are so compasionate, young and professional and they don't seem to mind doi… Read More
2023-01-14 05:00
2023-01-11 05:00
I’m having a hard time getting back into a post-holiday routine. I did manage to go to a lecture on the continuum care campus where I live. Our TV channel that advertises what is… Read More
2023-01-07 05:00
Google came out with its list of the most searched words for 2022 and Wordle came in first. As usual I’m running behind the eight ball because it took that list for me to finally jump… Read More
2023-01-04 05:00
Since October I’ve been having dinner once a week with a group of women at what we’ve been calling the Liberal Ladies Table. We started with four of us and last week we were up t… Read More
2022-12-31 05:00
This time of the year I’m programmed to think about New Year’s Resolutions. Yes, I’m one of those dinosaurs who has been making them (and breaking them) since my early teen… Read More
2022-12-28 05:00
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2022-12-21 15:09
&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-12-17 05:00
2022-12-14 05:00
In that foggy state between the time I crawled out of bed in the morning and I lay there with my brain still half asleep, I wrote an entire blog post in my head. It was cleaver and thought p… Read More
2022-12-10 05:00
Do you ever get obsessed over things that don’t really matter in the grand scheme of life? My latest obsession has been to figure out what the tiny orange light is for on my laptop&rsq&hell…Read More
2022-12-07 05:00
One of my frequent dinner partners here at the continuum care campus is an 80 year old I nicknamed Ms. Social Worker who you may or may not remember had a series of falls a few months ago th… Read More
2022-12-03 05:00
Saturdays are a crap shoot when it comes to trolling for conversation at the cafe’ here at the continuum care complex where I live. We old people seem to be creatures of habit honed to… Read More
2022-11-30 05:00
2022-11-26 05:00
My brother is settling into Memory Care quite well although an aid there just told me he thinks he’s in a hospital. I’m not surprised because on one of my visits he asked me if h… Read More
2022-11-23 05:00
2022-11-19 05:00
We’re getting our first major snow storm of the season and it’s coming down hard with 6 to 12 inches of snow predicted to accumulate over the next three days. For snowplowers lik… Read More
2022-11-16 05:00
Our third meeting of the writing group here on the Continuum Care Campus was amazing. We had five people show up and that included Chatty Cathy who claims she just took dictations from God t… Read More
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