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If your house is sliding off the mountain…run!
Part 3 in a series of vacation mountain house search adventures…ICYMI, you can check out Part One and Part Two here So the deal wasn’t done and the papers weren’t signed on our last trip to NC…the...
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Put down the mouse, drive past Wally World and shop local
Halloween is past and Thanksgiving looms in the near future…time to start thinking about holiday shopping. My goal this year is to avoid the internet and big box stores and, instead, shop local. We...
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Cruising for the rest of your life
Home Sweet Home on Holland America‘s Maasdam Anybody up for a cruise? How about for the rest of your life? That is the scenario for some aging Boomers who opt to spend their later years on the sea,...
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Memories of Paris
L’Immortalité Devancant Le Temps Three years ago we spent a month, over the holidays, in Switzerland, as part of a home exchange. Taking advantage of low airfares within Europe, we flew to Paris for...
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The Villages worst nightmare…no more nudes in Playboy
How interesting that Playboy Magazine will stop including nude photos in its print editions. In 1975 their circulation topped 5.6 Million. Now those numbers are down to 800,000. With the internet...
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Family traditions always a labor of love
Circa 1986, ready for the Easter Egg hunt and ready to pop Spring has sprung and that means it’s time for our family’s annual Easter brunch. It’s basically a carbon copy of Christmas brunch but with...
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Asheville Lodging Part 2 – The Reynolds Mansion B&B Inn
The Reynolds Mansion Bed & Breakfast Inn, Asheville Walk into The Reynolds Mansion Bed & Breakfast Inn, Asheville, and you’ll take a step back in time when the pace was slow and the style was...
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Father’s Day memories even though dad has lost his…
Father’s Day rolls around again and another year of writing about my dad who lives in the permanent fog of vascular dementia. I’ve written about my father before and his struggles with the disease, but...
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Are you invisible?
I am rerunning a previous post about aging and ageism as it continues to be an issue, especially in light of recent events. During the Academy Awards show, I’m sure more than one person made the...
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Warning: Old lady reminiscing…
Photo courtesy Orlando Sentinel Back in the stone ages, when I was in high school (we’re talking 50 years ago) my dad upgraded his hi fidelity turntable to a stereo system. Luckily, I inherited the...
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