August 24, 2023August 25, 2023Aging, Family, Memories, Senior Influencer

Confessions of an Archivist

My name is Cindy and I’m an Archivist. I can’t help it. I keep ticket stubs and programs. I keep birthday cards […]

August 4, 2023August 4, 2023Decorating, Family, Grandchildren, House Redo, Houseguests, Senior Influencer

Sweet Spots

I’m not talking about those places that make us moan in ecstasy — like the pick up window at Jake’s or Starbuck’s […]

July 16, 2023Children, Creativity, Entertaining, Family, Food, Grandchildren, Restaurants, Senior Influencer, Tapestry

Gams Camp: A Primer

So Gams Camp 2023 is done and dusted as they say on my Brit Box mysteries. I thought you might like to […]

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023Children, Family, Food, Grandchildren, Making Lists, Senior Influencer

Planning Gams Camp

There is a lot to talk about this week including Senior Safety, but I will save that scintillating topic for next week. […]

May 7, 2023Children, Family, Senior Influencer

Becoming Real

Many of you may be familiar with the sweet story of the Velveteen Rabbit who became “real” after years of being loved […]

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023Family, Pets, Senior Influencer

Ode to Miss Ellie

You know that I have been toying with the idea of getting a dog. A tiny, cute, sweet, older dog. A hypo-allergenic, […]

March 21, 2023March 22, 2023Family, Food, Senior Influencer

Family Dinner: A Look Back

This morning Molly sent me a video of a woman whose husband didn’t believe that they had bread and butter with family […]

March 15, 2023March 15, 2023Children, Creativity, Family, Grandchildren

Let’s Hear It for the Boys

Last week I wrote about Creative Compulsion and how it runs in my family. I followed a thread from my parents to […]

March 7, 2023March 8, 2023Creativity, Family, Gift, Senior Influencer, Writing

Compulsive Creativity

My amazing sister-in-law Diane and I started a fledgling writer’s group last year. She is a serious student of writing and goes […]

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023Aging, Children, Death, Decorating, Family, House Redo, Senior Influencer, Tapestry

Swedish Death Cleaning: A Primer

Last night at Tapestry, Nancy told us about a book called The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning. As your Senior Influencer, I […]