April 21, 2023April 21, 2023Current Events, Earth Day, Writing

A Brief History of Earth. . .Day

A very unscientific, mostly from memory, timeline of Earth Day milestones in my own life. I know you’re on the edge of […]

April 13, 2023Entertaining, Food, Senior Influencer, Wine

Tom Thumb Made Me Do It

I didn’t know what to write about this week, hence my tardiness, but then I went to the grocery store. I don’t […]

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023Creativity, Decorating, Food, Santa Fe, Senior Influencer, Travel, Wine

Travelogue 2023: Santa Fe

You know my mantra: Say YES! to new adventures. So one came up two weeks ago. My childhood friend, the Delightful Lee […]

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 […]

February 20, 2023Decorating, Entertaining, Family, Grandchildren, Senior Influencer, The Worst Club Ever, Valentines

A Post Mortem on Valentines Day

You can blame this title on too many Brit Box cozy murder mysteries. But I digress. As a member of The Worst […]

February 11, 2023February 12, 2023Children, Coronavirus, Death, Family, Grandchildren, House Redo, Reunion, Scott, Senior Influencer, The Worst Club Ever, Travel, work

Since You’ve Been Gone

Four years ago today I joined The Worst Club Ever. This is the day that Scott died of the flu (you might […]