Tag Archives: aging

The Things We Keep

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Saturday our little neighborhood is having a garage sale. Since neither George nor I are packrats, I haven’t found too many things to offer at the end of my driveway. An old crockpot, a roaster oven, a camping stool, melamine … Continue reading →

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Sorry, I Think You Have the Wrong Number

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Many years ago, about 1980, my husband was issued a mobile phone for his work as Director of Security and Chief of Police for a university in Texas.  It was a huge thing,  the size of a brick and about … Continue reading →

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Let Me Tell You About Barbara

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

We met Barbara at a very needy time in our lives.  We were a young family, newly transplanted from Philadephia to a faraway place we had never been to before, San Antonio. We knew nobody. We had left all our … Continue reading →

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Life is Just Like That

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

Today my beautiful little baby girl turned forty.  Lest you say, as you surely will or should, “Susan, you are much too young to have a daughter that age,” our joke is that she is actually my husband’s daughter by … Continue reading →

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Sometimes It’s Best to Let the Phone Ring

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

In our local paper this morning, I read a column by our grammar guru, Bernadette Kinlaw, concerning euphemisms. She explained the etymology of the word and then gave examples of some common euphemisms. We all use them, of course, mostly … Continue reading →

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The Rest of My Life

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

Now that I have finally finished the newsletter for Hampton Roads Writers, I’m sitting in the quiet in my favorite bedroom, the one of I call the Sea Room because of all its lighthouse and sea pictures and other sea … Continue reading →

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We Were Young Once

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

On Valentine’s Day my daughter and her family went to a Maroon Five concert. Whenever I visit them, my daughter and granddaughters play music in the car that I have never heard. They know all the words by heart and … Continue reading →

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A Community of Believers

Posted on February 1, 2013 by

The last time I had my annual physical, my doctor asked me what I was doing to keep my mind busy.  “I write a blog,” I told him.  “That’s good,” he replied.  “Do you do any kind of puzzles?” he … Continue reading →

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Pick a Body, Any Body

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

I’m going to admit to something shocking. I look at other people’s bodies. Yes, I do. And what’s more, I compare my body to theirs and think about how closely my body resembles theirs. I do this a lot at … Continue reading →

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Some Chapters Are Beginning to Close for Good

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

When I started to write this blog, I never gave much thought to what direction I was going to go with it. I certainly never wanted it to be thought of as an old person’s blog, or a blog about … Continue reading →

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