Category: Health & Aging
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Theo of Golden
Reading Time: 5 minutesMy friend Michele received a copy of Theo of Golden for her birthday last month. She read it quickly, then loaned it to me when she went to Guatemala on her memoir writer’s retreat earlier this month. I’d never heard of the book, but when I looked it up, I was interested… Read more
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An Existential Monologue
Reading Time: 5 minutesI wanted to call this post An Existential Soliloquy which I think sounds interesting, though a bit pretentious. But as I so often do when I write this blog, I looked up the word soliloquy to make sure I am using it correctly, lest someone who cares about that sort of thing… Read more
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A Holding Pattern
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast week’s post generated an outpouring of support and response that completely overwhelmed me and Randy. So, first and foremost, thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. It was a good week, with a lot happening with Randy’s medical support team. He met with a local oncologist on Wednesday. We… Read more
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A Diagnosis, Play by Play
Reading Time: 5 minutesFair warning: Last week I promised I’d break down everything we know so far, and what the doctors are going to do about the cancer diagnosis Randy received a few weeks ago. I know I should document all of this so there’s a good record. And I know there are people who… Read more
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If You Want To Make God Laugh….
Reading Time: 4 minutesI wrote a couple of blog posts in January recapping what a momentous but exhausting year 2025 was for me and Randy. I closed the second post with this paragraph: We’re looking forward to another great year. We have a few fun things planned, but none are the extensive adventures we undertook… Read more
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So, This is What “The Future” Looks Like
Reading Time: 5 minutesFifty (50) years doesn’t seem like such a long time when you’re looking back on it. But when we were married in 1975, “science fiction” was focused on the years around the turn of the 21st century to the early 2020s. I laugh, because computer technology has come a long, long way… Read more
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A Momentous, Exhausting Year
Reading Time: 5 minutesI’m a little late to the 2025 Year in Review game, but well, it is what it is. First, an explanation about why this is the first post in more than a month. From December 6-13 Randy and I were on the Norwegian Encore celebrating our actual 50th wedding anniversary. A second… Read more
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About That Excellent Nonsense
Reading Time: 2 minutesLast week my friend, Carla, told me about a book she was reading with the genius title of Slowing Down to the Speed of Joy. I mentioned I’d like to read it and she gifted me with one of the 5 copies she bought at an author’s event recently. The premise of… Read more
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It’s Puzzling….
Reading Time: 2 minutesOk, it’s a play on words. But it’s got a purpose. One of my intentions in starting this blog was to chronicle the journey of life after work retirement, muse about what I’ve learned along the way, reminisce to relive the joy of life up to this point, and learn to stay… Read more
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Too Peopley
Reading Time: 5 minutesHas anyone ever asked you whether you’re an introvert or an extrovert? It’s a fairly common question, especially during job interviews during our working years. As a former human resources development manager, I know the value of the answer to this question when hiring an employee. But Aristotle said, “knowing yourself is… Read more