Bringin’ It Home

Here at the old people place, we have the option of eating our meals in the clubhouse cafeteria or taking the food home as take out. Today, with my usual style, I ended up doing both. The [...]

Community = Secret Weapon

In a Zoom training meeting, writing coach Chad R Allen reviewed the process of self-publishing his book. You can find his impressive bio at https://www.chadrallen.com. With a listing of his [...]

Community May Mean …

Though I still struggle with stuff, some people might think of community as follows: Paying Off a Bet At the breakfast table, we were talking about energy efficiency. I foolishly bet that the [...]

Encourage Ideas!

My girls call me a hoarder (among other things). And I am proving that fact to myself as I go through old files. But I’m sorry! Some of the things I have saved through the years are classic. This [...]

Reflections of Reflections

I’m not much of a mirror kinda gal. I had one at the end of the hall. I would check myself out from afar, shrug, and say good enough. From a distance, the blatant flaws and wrinkles seem to [...]