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I have several conditions that I am conscious of and manage regularly, carefully, with exercise and diet. A new one I’ve noticed recently is not being able to see as well. Yes, I’ve worn progressive lenses for years and I have my annual ophthalmologist exam. No problem with cataracts or any eye illnesses. So why
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Twenty-plus years ago, I had recently moved to a new town for a job. I was newly divorced, with one child away at college and the other living with his father and stepmother. In a company-rented apartment, with my own place on the market, the only personal things with me were my cat and my
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“It takes us three days just to decorate the outside for Christmas,” a good friend said. “Plus the tree and everything inside.” Hmm, I wondered. Then I asked, “Why do you do it?” “Well, we always have. And the grandchildren want it. But it’s getting mighty hard – dragging all that stuff out of storage,
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One thing about retiring is that I don’t have to do anything on a time frame that I don’t choose to! Like this blog, for example. I’ve gone from weekly to biweekly, and this morning I just decided to skip. Then I was surprised when a couple of people questioned me why I hadn’t posted.
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With the presidential election looming in a week and a day, the topic dominates the media as well as our personal emails. Yesterday one email caught my attention. From Richard Rohr’s daily meditation, “There is no such thing as staying out of politics.”* I am guilty, having said this very thing on several occasions: “I
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If you are 65 or older, then you probably are getting frequent notifications and advertisements right now about Medicare plans. The sign-up or renewal period is October 15 – December 7. Traditional Medicare plus a supplement or a Medicare Advantage plan is the basic choice. Then there are numerous choices in each of these categories.
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While much of the southeast suffers from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, I am only without power/Internet. My biggest problems are no coffee and having to read a good book by candlelight instead of watching Netflix. I have no frame of reference for a third-world country, but I do know what it’s like to need
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It’s odd how grief hides and then pops up in unexpected ways and places. Like the other day when I was getting ready to host a small party for a friend. I got down my great-grandmother’s platter which always held the Thanksgiving turkey and suddenly a memory hit me. “I’m going to cry,” I said
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With 50th reunions abounding, many of us have had the opportunity to connect with our pasts. I’ve found it interesting that many of us, like me, hated high school. I said that – “I hated high school” – to a former classmate and he reacted in surprise. “Not you!” Yes, I thought, how often our
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