no mystery, off the court…or on
Possibly allergic, I'm told to give up eating my most favorite food in the whole world, PEANUTS. I guess if a couple of brave men I know can give up basketball, I can make sacrifies too...hugmamma.
View Article“ringing in the ear,” not just a senior problem
tinnutis, no longer just an old age problem...hugmamma.
View Articlean impossible challenge? not for a “superior chinese mom”
challenging myself to publish 365 posts in 7 months, equivalent to writing 13 posts a week. wish me luck...hugmamma.
View Articlea “human” cougar
Cougar Mountain Zoo's resident cougar is memorialized in the words of the curator, and remembered fondly by all who knew Nashi...hugmamma.
View Articlehold back the hand of time…can we?
It’s been a while since I’ve faithfully read The Wall Street Journal. When our previous subscription ended it seemed a blessing. No more stacks of unread papers. No feeling guilty that I’d not perused...
View Articlechange is inevitable…so grab hold
no use fighting change...it happens, regardless...hugmamma.
View Articlewellness…
It might seem to some of you that I’m forever making reference to certain failings of mine. Why is that you ask? Some time ago I read a small, thin paperback on how to write well. One piece of advice...
View Articlewhat separates the generations?
Old age. Pure and simple. Sometimes maybe not so simple. It’s like one day I was the tasty olive served up on a toothpick in a James Bond classic cocktail…shaken, but not stirred. And then the lights...
View Article…if dogs could talk…
…mine would say “Couldn’t you tell I was in pain? You dummy you!” About the time Mocha was diagnosed as having a leaky heart valve which causes fluid to accumulate, she seemed to go downhill rather...
View Articlenurturing thursdays: choices…changes…part 2
This is where I come in… This year I turn 65. The year of Medicare. On the thresh hold to formally entering…old age. I’ve been practicing for a while, even telling folks I was already 65. My husband...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: filed under entertaining angels
Originally posted on another cup of coffee:This lovely lady represents so much that’s good about humanity: unconditional love, joy, compassion. I ran into to her at the post office. Well. Let me...
View Articlewe manage…mocha and me
These last few months have been touch and go for my pal Mocha. Old age has been complicated by the debilitating effects of sciatica. Hobbling around, her right paw can bend backwards and send her...
View Articlenurturing thursdays: feeling good…
Have you ever contemplated how great it is to…feel good? To have that warm, fuzzy feeling that all’s right with the world? Well, perhaps not the world outside your walls, but the world which you...
View Articleon the edge…
Getting older has its pitfalls; some being more evident than others. I don’t think we notice them in ourselves until we see them reflected in others. With his erratic behavior growing ever more so each...
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