Who Would You Be Now, If You'd Lived?
Dear Little BrotherIf you'd lived through Viet Nam, who would you be now? For one thing, you'd 69 years old, still six years younger than me. I still giggle when I remember how , as a child, you really...
View ArticleEnter: R2D2?
It sits over there behind a screen because I do not want to see it. It is an unwelcome guest, no matter how much oxygen it can deliver. And it's ugly. So is the 60lb O2 tank in the storeroom to use in...
View ArticleImagine This....
You get up early on Sunday so you can get the kids all gussied up in their best clothes for Sunday school and church. Then you get into your own Sunday best, which starts with the hated girdle with the...
View ArticleNo Celebrating Here
I was so in love with my country back in 1945. I was five, and I can remember standing as tall as I could, and saluting every soldier I saw, begging to be allowed to go on base to watch the drill...
View ArticleA Life Un-lived
To my dear long-dead brother on Memorial Day 2013:Once again, time to honor your memory with my words. You were only 20 years old when you left for Viet Nam and then came back in a box covered with...
View ArticleA Plea For Protection
This is an invitation to join in a powerful plea for protection of our President and his family. Send positive thoughts, good energies, prayers, wishes, however you feel comfortable in asking and...
View ArticleThe Somewhere In-Between
My friend is close to death now. She's floating in that "somewhere in between" life and death. She looks peaceful. There is no struggling, no evidence of pain. and I know she is more than ready to move...
View ArticleSometimes, When You Least Expect it...
This is for whoever gifted me with a lifetime subscription as well as for everyone who has so generously gifted others.Sometimes, when you least expect it something happens that warms the heart a look,...
View Articlettfn in support of boycott
I left here once before, by invitation of the owner, as one of the "womens studies" outlaws. I came back when I saw reasons to hope that change had happened here: more women on the front page, more...
View ArticleThe Upside to Aging
It's a genuine challenge to find a way to write about aging that doesn't make people turn away in droves, for many reasons.Admittedly, the last chapter of the book of life has many challenges,...
View ArticleOld Timers Journal: The Perks of "Making Do" Together
I come from the days when "making do" with what one has was considered pretty normal. Born in 1940, I was raised till my teens by a great grandmother who supported us all by running a rooming house,...
View ArticleOld Timers Journal: Fireside Spider
Little One leaned against the Elder, as they gazed at the glowing embers of their campfire. "Is it Question Time yet, Grandmother?" the Little One asked."Yes, it is Question Time.", Grandmother...
View ArticleOld Timer's Journal: What's "RICH?"
Just finished reading Bink's diaries discussing the article about people who make 250,000 a year having a tough time making ends meet.Personally, I can't stretch my mind far enough to even imagine ever...
View ArticleIf I Could.....
(Authors Note: I find aging to be one of the most challenging, confusing, and fascinating adventures in my life. I deal with it mostly via writing my way through it in private journals. It can be a...
View ArticleA Bad Day For Poor Working Moms in Minnesota
If you are a low income employed single Mom in Minnesota who relies on child care assistance in order to be able to work, it is a very bad day. It seems child care subsidies were not covered under...
View ArticleNon Violent Power: a Memory
Una'a excellent diary on non violent response to bullies brought back a memory of a true event I'd like to share with you, that happened many years ago. It was one of the most powerful events I have...
View ArticleRemembering Jerry Ray
He was a quiet kid, my little brother. A loner, who preferred reading books to sports, and helping Mom cook, over more manly chores. Mostly, he tried to stay out of the way in our unhappy household. He...
View ArticleStifled No More
Lately, I've been watching old movies about ordinary people forming unions to fight for their rights to be treated decently. Wilmar 8, the Salt of the Earth, powerful woman striding forth into battles,...
View ArticleA Rollator on a Leash!
When I was younger, I thought it was so sad to see old folks staying home so much of the time, instead of getting out and staying engaged with the world. .Then guess what? I got old.
View ArticleMy Guys
(This is another true story about wonderful people I've encountered in my long years of working in the health care field. Names have been changed.)I was almost out of rent money and desperate for a...
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