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I have a head full of old adages that seem to slip out of my mouth more often as I age. Someday they’ll all slip away when I slip away. A…Continue reading“Age isn’t a number, it’s an attitude.”

And Lifestyles 55 Digital Radio is leading the way When you were young, and if you were lucky enough to have a transistor radio, you listened to one of two…Continue readingPodcasts are taking over the “airwaves”

I recently had a telephone conversation with a woman in her late eighties whom I have known most of my life. She has had an interesting life but, not always the…Continue readingA popular scam: “It’s a friend of your best loved nephew, grandson, best friend, calling. He needs help! Send money!”

Last year an old friend gave me a book for my birthday. Not an unusual gift as gifts go, but this one had some thought put into it. Its title…Continue readingThe straight dope on dope for seniors

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas. Sort of. But, for the first time in … maybe ever, for a lot of people, it’s not going to feel like…Continue readingThe Ghost of Christmas Future

“I Hate Meeces to Pieces”! That’s the familiar quote Mr. Jinks (the cat) exclaimed on each episode of “Pixie and Dixie”, the cartoon by Hanna-Barbera which aired around 60 years ago.…Continue readingThere is no such thing as one mouse in your house

“Hello” and “Coca-Cola” were the only two words he knew in English when he stepped off the ship in Quebec City in 1926. He had seen an ad in the…Continue readingRemembering my dad…

Is it just me …  … or is it time to get back to normal, or, the New Normal, as it were, or is? Spring is back. Time to get…Continue readingBack to back