Years That Answer

Although anxiety is having its way with me, exhaustion is paramount. Why? There are a number of reasons, triggers all. Of course the upcomin...

How many people see creativity is their birthright? Who assumes it is forbidden fruit, out of reach, not there for people like them? Who fee...

I'm in the midst of a New Yorker article about Emma Thompson and I need to come up for air. It's one of those articles so dense and ...

Tomorrow we fly north to see our extended family. I have a million things to do.  Tom threw his back out overnight!  He's getting cold, ...

 8:34 am In an hour I'll be going with my husband to a dental surgeon who will prepare him for two new implanted teeth. He can't hav...

I love colored lights! The Surly Republican across the street goes all out decorating and illuminating his house. Every night I open the doo...

  I'm having a hard time writing blog posts. It's more inability than reluctance.  I like to write first thing in the morning. Howev...

I have to laugh at myself, I am becoming such a stick in the mud. I was just telling one of my granddaughter's I am an extrovert. Now I...

I get tired of problems,  politics,  and people.  I really do.  I plod on  hoping for the best.  Always hoping  love will be enough.  ...

Our air conditioning unit broke down last Sunday. That's always traumatic in July or August when 90-100 ° days, replete with drenching h...

I had an unsettling dream last night. In it I was recalled from the comfortable peace of retirement to return to my old job to stage an impo...

I sort out a lot in that short period of time between waking and rising.  I have said this before , being able to enjoy the morning is per...

We are trying to get ready for this monster hurricane. Irma will find her way to Central Florida on Sunday. We are trying to prepare both ph...

In some ways I still have not totally adjusted to this retirement thing. For many years I got up at 5:30 a.m. I sleep until between 7:00 a...

Not only am I NOT a good traveler, I a m a red hot anxiety -ridden mess . Sure, I love being other places and I always have a great time. ...

I went to see a Reiki master two weeks ago. Yep, m y first time. I am open to and accepting of just about anything that doesn't hurt inn...

I love peanut butter. I am thankful I was not cursed with a peanut allergy. You might think I am being facetious or shallow, but I am quite ...

The Baby Sister Chronicles: Part II 😎 My mother's Parkinson's Disease continued to progress. A couple years after the delir...

In my not-so-humble , completely non-medical opinion there is no virtue to suffering in silence. Repressing your emotional pain is conveni...

I have become a morning person. I did not see that coming. In my working years I always woke up early, at 6:10 a.m. to be exact. I did not l...