Note: Please excuse this duplicate posting. We had hiccups with the servers and lost posts; reposting Jan 1 here. Wishing everyone a productive 2025, with less stress and ample hope. Time again. At least one more year of sharing some tidbits I’ve learned in the past months. There is no rhyme or reason to the … Read more
Note: As I always enjoy a bit of time off at the end of the year, I’m taking this opportunity now to wish you all Happy Holidays. This month represents the 10th year of Aging_With_Pizzazz. Not certain if that is Happy Birthday or Happy 10th Anniversary. Either way, 10 years is a long time for … Read more
Personal Note: To all of you celebrating over this month’s election, I say congratulations. I trust you will watch for the results from your choice. For those of you grieving over the same election, I offer sympathy, and the time-old solace that “this too shall pass.” Finally, for all of us, I suspect that being … Read more
I trust that each of you enjoyed the numerous daily posts you have received from me in the past two months while I was away. Are you shaking your head in wonder? Thinking ‘did I miss something?’ In turn, I wonder if this is gaslighting or sanewashing my readers. To include a fact-check, I didn’t … Read more
On Valentine’s Day, just past, a long-time friend from back east died. A big guy, he sadly became less and less interested in aging with any kind of pizzazz. Kent was older than me, but for a while, when we were both single, we were close friends (without benefits). At a time in our lives … Read more
Chop, Chop, Scrap, Scrap, Swish, Swish. Sounds similar to these come from my kitchen many hours a week. Repeat, MANY hours. It dawned on me recently that there’s a great variety displayed in our kitchen utensils, and their quality. Over the years, I’ve accumulated 4 vegetable (potato) peelers. Not all are created equal. As we … Read more