Naming something or giving it a title is a frustrating exercise for me because I want it to be accurate and descriptive. For 12 years, my blog posts had the name BLOG. I know what that means but it sounds like blob to me and now that I am on Substack and get published in
One day I said to S. “I think we should drive up to Green Valley (AZ) and look at La Posada.” That is a retirement community that offers three levels of living – independent, assisted and final stages including memory care. She said, “You’re not ready for that,” implying the assisted living feature and I
Leaving Friday, February 2, from Mexico City (MEX) to Rio de Janeiro (GIG) by way of San Paulo (GRU). It’s an overnight flight and I’m hoping for several hours of good sleeping. This is the beginning of our two-week adventure in South America. We like to travel, evidenced by 20+ years to a variety
I shared some bits in this blog previously, notably in ‘Life, Death and In Between” published December 11, 2023. There are glad surprises and sad surprises. This post is mostly about ones that are sad, so I promise that the next post will be about glad surprises. The reality is that life is full
N.B. Some of the experiences below have been posted previously. I hope it’s obvious why I am sharing them again. Yesterday was the 3rd “anniversary” of that awful day at the Capitol in Washington, D, C. I do not need to see another video as a reminder of the threat posed by illegal, destructive behaviors.
This is a review by “vote” of my readers of the most read of 71 blogs published in the past year. The reasons why these emerged as the top twelve may have to do with the content, where they appeared, how and when they were shared, and a few other unknown variables, such as the
