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Multi-tasking may not be an actual skill (at least in terms of simultaneous enactment), but I like the idea of getting multiple benefit from the same activity. Double-duty, if you will. Switching some small way that I do something now to reduce a risk, or add a benefit, is something I will consider. This consideration … Read more
When I was a little girl we occasionally visited relatives in a small rural hamlet in the countryside where New York, Vermont and Massachusetts are all neighbors. Outside of Brunswick New York, which is itself outside of Troy New York, this little hamlet was multiple times removed from the ‘big city’ (meaning Troy). Even at … Read more
I will never be a ‘birder.’ It takes far too much discipline and determination. Not to mention the almost vow-like commitment to long trips attempting to view the winged creatures, and early morning rising. [Are they really just morning people to begin with?] I am not even including the birders who devote entire vacation allotments … Read more
I spend a great deal of my day at the computer. Evidently, I am not unusual. 10-15 years ago I doubt that many people envisioned their later years, or so much of any year, to be spent in this way. Retired or not-retired, we are on the computer. If the time in front of this … Read more
When I am invited to a home for dinner, I generally inform the host of my dietary restraints. Truthfully, I would rather not say a word. ALLOWED to ‘just pick,’ I could always find something on the table to eat, and I’m never going to starve. But the host would be mortified or at least … Read more
I have a friend who at one time found my suggestions for a bathroom remodel humorous after I said “the biomechanics of a lower commode aid in elimination for a more complete evacuation.” I remember he look at me oddly and then guffawed. I translated into graphic English for him, which I won’t share here. But … Read more