Now that 2022 has arrived, I’m reflecting on 2021, which leaks back to 2020, due to Covid-19 and its siblings, Delta and Omicron.  Hostile politics have also blurred the borders because we’ve been snapping at each other about vaccines, climate change, and election outcomes for two years. 2020 and ’21 have simply morphed together in […]

I lost both of my parents last year (2020); Mom in January, Dad in December.  I had looked after these two for 12 years, and I didn’t know what life would look like after they were gone. For the first two months after Dad passed, we were tied up with paperwork and planning a virtual funeral […]

Marie Kondo, a cute little Japanese gal, wrote her first book about “tidying up” in 2012. She has since written three more books and sold millions of them. Because, apparently, people all over the world have trouble putting things away. Kondo is worth 8 million dollars. I’ve always loved to sort and organize and toss, […]

I thought this post by Gary Tomas was excellent, and I wanted to share it here.   ><>          ><>          ><>          ><>          ><> Sometimes, in spite of our pleas, loved ones get into a rut and seem unable to change, or they simply refuse to change. Often, we respond by doubling down and tirelessly try to change […]