I went to a funeral on Friday. Even now I’m trying to understand my feelings about attending, and why this internal conflict has rocked me a bit. The woman, I’ll call her “Ann” for blog purposes, was someone I worked with many years ago. Ann began as a receptionist for the dental clinic soon after graduating from high school. Her… Read More
Cindy And The Piano Man
My friend Cindy had a birthday last week. We won’t talk numbers because those are an irrelevant marker to a life well lived. Let’s just say Cindy is aging with a mighty beautiful patina. This is a woman who recently wore a dress that fit her so well the term “Pippa Butt†was bandied about with envious appreciation each time… Read More
Where We Live
Housing and Aging The steps in the houses they’re building today Are so high that they take… your breath all away. And the streets are much steeper than ten years ago. That should explain why my walking is slow. –R. Stewart  For some time now I’ve been having dreams about a house I’ve never seen in real life. It is… Read More
Peek!
I know, I know, I write about too many Pudgy behaviors. And no, I’m not talking about trying to zip my jeans after a chocolate orgy, although that could bring us down the pudgy-speak road rather quickly. In this case I mean I probably blog about our cat, Pudgy, too much. In my defense she constantly amuses me, so why… Read More
I’ll Have A Large Slab Of Conversation…Well Done Please
A drab, emotionless couple sat across from each other eating in silence. Bite after bite of food was consumed, but no conversation or eye contact spiced up the meal. Audrey Hepburn’s character, Joanna, looks at Albert Finney’s character, Mark, and says, “What kind of people just sit like that without a word to say to each other?â€Â He replies, “Married… Read More
Cold Hands, Warm Hearts
On the television show, Seinfeld, George once complained about “shrinkage†when his favorite male body part was exposed to cold ocean water. Well, George, try living in Minnesota when the actual air temperature is “zero,†and the windchill factor drops the temperature to -15 or-20. As in below zero. I’m not a guy, but even I feel like my more… Read More
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