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 […]

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023Making Lists, Senior Influencer

Confessions of a List Addict

Hi, my name is Cindy and I love lists. Lists on notepads, post-its, backs of envelopes, my phone. I write everything down. […]

January 1, 2023Aging, Christmas, Gift, Scott, Senior Influencer, Tapestry, The Worst Club Ever

Christmas Past Present

Christmas was almost a week ago, so while we are still in the Christmas Season until tomorrow, New Year’s Day, or January […]

September 11, 2022September 11, 2022Food, Healthy Eating, Nutritionist, Senior Influencer, The Worst Club Ever

The Nutritionist – Part One

And, we’re back to food. That’s partly because it comes up every day at least three times, usually more. Also because I […]

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022Food, Healthy Eating, Nutritionist, Senior Influencer, TikTok

Meet my friend. . .food

Let me start by saying that I cherish your comments on my writings and I am so glad that my thoughts resonate […]

August 14, 2022August 19, 2022Decorating, House Redo, Scott, Senior Influencer

Unplugging the Past…one cord at a time

Scott’s been gone 3 1/2 years now (still seems like yesterday) and I take small steps into my new reality all the […]

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022Aging, Death, Senior Influencer

The Worst Club Ever

On Tuesday I went to the funeral for a friend of mine (I’ll call him Larry, cause that was his name.) He […]

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022Family, Pets, Senior Influencer

The Pet Conundrum

We never had pets growing up. Well, that’s not precisely true. Daddy got us a collie puppy who immediately bit a neighbor […]

March 18, 2022Exercise, Family, Food, Healthy Eating, Scott, Senior Influencer, Wine

Entering the Blue Zone

I am determined not to diet. I hate the word as it implies a temporary, unsustainable, unpleasant attempt to lose weight through […]