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Happy New Year for 2021, and a Thankful Goodbye to 2020 “Never stop learning” is a frequently-sung refrain. Hopefully, I’ve learned more than these dozen items this past year, but these were the ones I remembered to write down. Keeping your own list might amaze you; and perhaps some on my 2020 list are new … Read more
Note for Year End – This Covid-year has felt very repetitive at times. I hope to think of some creative ways for changing things up a bit during the last month of this trying year, and encourage others to do the same. I’m going to take some time to do that – and continue to … Read more
Notice: Aging with Pizzazz was named in the Top 50 of Aging Blogs by FeedSpot.com. [Because Aging-with-Pizzazz doesn’t actually use Facebook, there is naturally a low rate of FB followers. However, YOU, as an Aging-with-Pizzazz reader are appreciated, as is your willingness to share posts.] Sense & Sense-abilities Our five senses are perhaps our greatest … Read more
My sister-in-law has a truly lovely face, but often laments the dark circles under her eyes. My husband does too. In fact, all the siblings suffer from what they affectionately call the “family eyes.” (Of course, they use their name.) A branch of my family also has that frequent dark, sunken look. As we will … Read more
Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is still alive-and-well. In my house, even though we share none of the cultural background, we have built our own tradition in acknowledgment of it. We’ve modified it, not out of disrespect, but on the contrary to pay tribute to loved ones, honoring their spirit, and that … Read more
When I was a kid my mother used to say that I was ‘about to make her blood pressure go through the roof.’ Technically, I had no idea what she meant; I suspect she didn’t either. But I knew the underlying meaning. She was annoyed or upset and I was the source. These days I … Read more