Oprah loves bread! How do I know? She stars in a TV commercial in which she says so. A Saturday-Night-Live skit imitating the commercial reinforces it. Yes, everyone knows that Oprah loves bread. I love bread too. So, did recent studies make our day brighter or bum us out a bit? The answer? Yes! Or … Read more
As my anniversary approaches, I contemplated writing a post about love as we age, love that follows us through our journey. The longer I considered it however, I realized that there is a related and more universal topic. Happy spouses may see themselves in a way that is emotionally more complicated than younger people might … Read more
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