Newly retired and eager to prove that my life was still going to be useful and exciting, several years ago I set up my blog and named it "The Golden Years Revisited." From the name it was obvious to me that I believed most of the myths about retirement and growing older. In a youth-obsessed…
Constant Friends
"I think you need a dog." My husband had just informed me somewhat sheepishly that he was considering getting me a puppy as a Mother's Day present and there were a few possible candidates he was checking out on-line and wouldn't I like to go see them, you know, just to look. No pressure, no…
A Pacifist’s Daughter and Veterans Day
Sitting rather uncomfortably on a cold metal chair, on a stage in front of about 30 veterans, family members, the local police chief and a few others from the community, it must have been patently obvious to everyone that I was a fraud. Clearly I was stuck in a grown-up version of that Sesame Street…
I’ve been reading about the U.S. immigrant situation and the separation of children from their parents for the last two weeks. My response, from the safety of my own study, has been to sign petitions, send money to the ACLU, write testy letters to my own representatives which, in a purplish-blue state, involves preaching to […]…
The Straw
According to folk wisdom, it only takes one straw to break a camel's back. While I am not the most prolific of bloggers by any means, over the past year I have managed a few posts commenting on the state of this nation and the insanity that continues to build in the hollowed (formerly…
Road Map
Real Wrinkles First, of course, there are the real ones. Wrinkles on my face, wrinkles on my elbows, wrinkly skin on the backs of my hands, and wrinkles in numerous other bodily areas that I am too polite and lady-like to discuss in detail. (You may discover this to be a blatant lie if you…
Alien?
"My brother is an alien," she stated confidently in her sweet, three-year-old voice. She was too young to know that once she had also been an alien. The immigration officer smiled in a professionally controlled way. Likely she had heard that joke a few times in her long career behind that desk. There is no…
