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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

February 10, 2022February 16, 2022Family, Scott, work, Writing

“Things Come and Go So Quickly Here”

That’s a line from The Wizard of Oz, and it’s oh, so true in Texas as it was in Munchkin City. Tomorrow […]

February 3, 2022February 16, 2022Aging, Exercise, Family, Food, Scott

Birthdays

Today is daughter Molly’s birthday. And as son Adam pointed out early this morning, we know that because it is icy in […]

January 27, 2022February 16, 2022Entertaining, Family, Food, Grandchildren

Carcoochie Boards

In my new self-proclaimed role as Senior Influencer (no, I have yet to hear from any of the major mags, but I’m […]

January 19, 2022February 16, 2022Food, work, Writing

Too Many Vegetables

I’ve had a couple of revelations this past week. This is a result of more quiet time spent immersed in my crosswords […]

January 10, 2022February 16, 2022Food, Writing

A Return to Writing

The problem with not writing for a long time (in my case over a year) is that when you start back , […]