November 3, 2024November 3, 2024Aging, Death, Family, Goals, House Redo, Senior Influencer, The Worst Club Ever, Travel

A New Chapter

No, not the writing kind of chapter. A life-altering event kind of chapter. The kind of chapter that happens when you lose […]

August 5, 2024August 5, 2024Children, Creativity, Entertaining, Family, Food, Grandchildren, Senior Influencer

Gams Camp 2024: World Travelers

Pack your bags and grab your passports because I am taking you on an epic adventure that will include Day of the […]

July 16, 2024Creativity, Family, July Fourth, Memories, Senior Influencer

Who You Gonna Call: the Bad Boys (and girls) of Nottely 911

If you’ve seen my Facebook post (or that of one of my sisters) you will have seen our epic send up of […]

June 2, 2024June 3, 2024Current Events, Family, Senior Influencer, The Worst Club Ever, Weather

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

Last week it was said that Dallas became a war zone, if weapons of mass destruction were tree limbs, power outages, and […]

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Family, Food, Memories, Senior Influencer

Tablescapes and Why They Matter

Courtesy, civility, manners, and all the other niceties that exist to make the world a kinder, gentler place in which to live […]

March 10, 2024March 10, 2024Aging, Creativity, Decorating, Family, Garden, Music, Pets, Senior Influencer

Little Luxuries

There’s an old movie with Burt Reynolds and Candace Bergen called Starting Over that was a cult favorite of mine. In it […]

February 19, 2024February 19, 2024Aging, Death, Family, Memories, Scott, Senior Influencer, Travel

The Widow Woman Deconstructed

It’s been a month of anniversaries all of which converge here. Five years have passed since Scott died and two years have […]

January 20, 2024January 20, 2024Children, Family, Grandchildren, Memories, Senior Influencer

Cotillion: A Remembrance

When I was in 6th grade, a number of us went to Dick Chaplin’s Cotillion in Preston Center, for a half-dozen Friday […]

December 18, 2023December 18, 2023Family, Memories, Senior Influencer, Travel, Wine

Travelogue: France, Part Deux

At last! La fin of our fabulous French idyll. When last we talked, I had left the Italian piano player to pack […]

November 2, 2023Children, Entertaining, Family, Grandchildren, Pets, Senior Influencer, Tapestry, Travel

Sweet Chaos–Part Two

When last we met, I was keeping Lyla and Wren and the puppies while their parents took a vacay to Seattle and […]