When I worked fulltime, traveling and also attempting to keep everything running at home, all I ever wanted was time to myself. I know no woman my age who doesn’t long for an empty house every once in a while. Who am I kidding? They want it often. Now, I find…
When I was taken by ambulance to a Philadelphia hospital from our local medical center the day I woke up blind, I wore a hospital gown and my own white athletic socks. When I was admitted by the city hospital, I was given a pair of non-slip socks which I put…
“They say it’s about the journey and not the destination. But sometimes, when the journey is especially difficult, it’s ENTIRELY about the destination.” — Sister Rain
My mom loved our first bird, Cato, who was a Lutino cockatiel. When she was at our house she would joke that he was a “time-waster” because we would end up playing with him instead of whatever our intentions were. Sometimes in the morning, Pioer, our parrot, is sleepy and…
As I have written about many times, my friends are my family. I have never spoken of it here but I have a brother eight years older than me and a father who both live about five miles from me. The how’s and why’s are a long, long story but…
When I sign on to this blog, I have three chances to get the logon right before I am blocked out of it. I have never made more than one wrong attempt and believe me when I tell you that the first unsuccessful effort puts such fear in me that…
Today is the anniversary of the day I met my husband. His sister set us up. I remember it like was yesterday, the way he walked into my apartment. I now share with you the heartwarming celebration of the occasion that occurred this morning: Me: Blue and white Oxford. Hands on…
I needed to get new clothes for an upcoming trip and also for the mere fact that I have not shopped in five years, other than picking up a shirt here, a pair of yoga pants there. If you looked at my current wardrobe you would think I was a…
During my walk I came upon this sign. And to me it looked like an actual person. Imagine my surprise when I got close enough to see that his head wasn’t attached to his body.
It’s Municipal Election Day and as I returned home from voting I thought about all the people working at the polls and everyone taking time from their busy lives to make their choices known and to help shape the community in which they live. And I wondered: How many of…
