It’s okay to let bucket lists go with no regrets. A few days ago, I wrote an article: Getting Ready for a Hiking Adventure In My Seventies. I was planning to climb Mt La Conte in Tennessee for a second time. It didn’t happen. …

How could I forget to use an everyday item? Last night I was sitting watching TV with my husband — our regular activity after a full day. About 10 PM, I usually start to get ready for bed. The first thing I do is take out my upper denture. Without…

“It has to be fun” was my motto for almost fifteen years. — I retired from a career in accounting at age 52. I had come into an inheritance and said farewell to numbers, spreadsheets and deadlines. No longer did I have to bring work home or dread Mondays. I always wanted to start my own pet sitting business, so I looked into…

Things I never would have questioned a few years back. — The last time I drove a long distance was in March 2020 when Covid was a week away from us. I was coming back from my son and daughter-in-law’s home in Florida. It was a 12 1/2 hour trip one way. I would usually stop in St Augustine, Florida, on…

But if you put your mind to it, it can be done. — In the summer of 1956, my parents sent my sister and me to a summer day camp. I was eight years old, to my sister’s 11 years. The camp bus would pick us up in the morning for what should have been a fun day for both of us. My…

Crow’s Feet Writing Prompt #29- Major Societal Changes Over Lifetimes. — I was born in 1948, and everything has changed except paying taxes and dying. I am overwhelmed to say one thing has affected me the most, but some things have certainly put a dent in how I go about my life. Women’s Rights In the book I wrote, The Emancipation…

Laughing is good for your health, soul, and testing your kidneys — I’ve been meaning to join a gym, so today, I took the initiative and joined one. I’m lucky because my health insurance covers the Silver Sneakers Program, where I pay zero dollars to use the gym after 1 PM daily. The young lady that was helping me was filling in…

How important is it, or will it interfere with my nap? — We went a few rounds or two when Eric and I first married. Adjusting to married life with two stubborn Norwegians took some doing. We had fights about kids, jealousy, and not spending enough time together. Nowadays, we don’t fight. If something isn’t going my way, I grunt, and he…

No Romantic Dinner, Please — It’s been 29 years since Eric and I tied the knot before Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island in New Jersey. Surrounded by our parents and 30 friends and family, we took our vows which we have kept to this day. Like every marriage, it has had its highs and…