While having a very late lunch at an Italian restaurant during a day trip, two older women sat at the table next to my husband and me. One had her back to me, the other her side. Their table was tucked in the corner, above them was a television set…
Category: Life
Positively Negative
Although I try to live my life with a positive attitude, there are times when being negative is exactly what you want. Like when your mammogram and Cologuard test results come in. #sisterrain #alittlesightalotofheart #legallyblindwriter #writer #writersofinstagram #humaninterest #life #lifeisgood #lifestories #positivelynegative
All The Single Ladies
While we sat in the waiting room at a doctor’s office, my husband filled out the forms they had given me. All of a sudden, I felt him shaking with quiet laughter next to me. “What?,” I asked. “I just checked “Single” instead of “Married,” he said. Too bad the…
To Crop Or Not To Crop
I recently heard a photographer say that you don’t want to crop too much out of a photo, that the subject in its element is important. This made me think about our lives. We are all made up of so many components; it is very rare that any of those…
Kathy Griffin
Love her or hate her, Kathy Griffin has been through it. ⊗ Trump Mask Photo ⊗ Canceled ⊗ PTSD ⊗ Lung Cancer ⊗ Mistake Made By Surgeon Causing Permanent Paralysis Of Her Left Vocal Cord ⊗ Drug Addiction ⊗ Attempted Suicide ⊗ Divorce At her recent “My Life On The…
Therapy At First Sight
Working with a new therapist after your previous counselor of twelve years retires is like being on one of those shows such as Married At First Sight. Here is a stranger to whom you have to divulge your innermost thoughts and feelings to with the intention of spending the foreseeable…
John Spencer
My husband and I are huge The West Wing fans (“The West Wing”). In the last 20 years we somehow learned that the late actor John Spencer, who played White House Chief of Staff Leo McGarry and sadly passed away during the last season of the TV series, is buried…
Whitewater Marriage
Recently driving through Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, my husband and I reminisced about the last time we were there, over 25 years ago. We had gone whitewater rafting with a bunch of my co-workers who had turned into friends, the 12 of us filling two rafts. After changing into our green…
The Real World
Recently acquiring yet another streaming platform, Paramount+, I have been watching the shows and movies that have been on my list for some time. One of them: all the season’s of MTV’s Real World. My husband and I watched them when they originally aired, the earliest running in the first…
It Served Us Well
When I moved into my apartment at the age of 23, my mom gave me some dishes she never used. Over time I added Tuppperware plates and bowls, in those days being invited to a Tupperware Party was as common as receiving an LOL today. For my wedding shower I…