We have a very tiny county fair in our very tiny county. But my husband and I go each year to “renew our marriage license…” You see, our first date had a kiss at the top of the Ferris Wheel at the Dutchess County Fair decades ago. So our tradition is that every...

Been feeling my age lately, I have. It’s not just the bad back, or the sagging jowls, or the fact that most commercials I see have people younger than I am — unless it’s for retirement homes, Medicare Advantage, or the 32,740 drugs Big Pharma wants you on for every...

     I’ve been a Maine Coon Momcat for almost 40 years. And I’ve loved them all, but to me, there was no one in the world like Oswald — either time. Oswald was what I call a “second-shot soul.” I first met him in 1992, in Georgia. I wanted a Maine Coon — I’d been...

Being a “prepper” has been a thing for decades. Whether it was because you believed that the Other Side’s politics are wrong, or there is going to be a global food crisis, or you’re sure Aliens are coming (“space ships or immigrants, they’re both awful”)…the internet...

I was on a podcast yesterday — one of a panel of folks — and the question was “how do you stay grounded when you are overwhelmed?”   I heard the usual New Age answers — with the tone I call “glurpy purple with angels” — things like “dance in the middle of your...

Husbands and wives quickly learn each other’s foibles. It wasn’t long into our marriage when Carle noticed that my temper got short and I felt sick if I’d forgotten to eat for too many hours. So now, when I’m grumpy for no apparent reason, the first thing he asks is...

I received a letter today from some mysterious medical company saying that my doctor has chosen to work with them. Which doctor? When? And if you say nothing is changing in my Medicare, and I won’t even notice the change, why are you sending this to me?    ...

ESPECIALLY if you’re in the metaphysical or self-help field, I guarantee that at least twice in your life someone will say, “You really ought to write a book, you know.  You’re so articulate…funny…smart…kind…wise.” And you may smile and shrug, or shake your head,...

Keto. Keto is the cure. Keto gives you longevity. Keto will keep diseases away from you. Keto will get you slim with a flat belly — MECCA for women, right? And don’t forget intermittent fasting. You CAN learn to ignore hunger; it’s just trying to trick you. And bacon...

Because of the polarization of the world, and the constant pressure on everyone, I’m noticing that someone always feels the need to flame a kind gesture if it isn’t what they would do. Have you observed that no matter how kind, how compassionate, how much someone (or...