Here comes the season in which you can reinvent yourself. Longer days allowing for more activity; vacations, explorations, time to be a kid again. At the thought of summer, one can almost taste the watermelon and lemonade. It's time to shake the cobwebs of boredom and throw yourself into fun experiences under the sunny blue sky... Continue Reading →

If you are my age (late 80’s) or even a bit younger, you are becoming aware of the flourishing industry growing all around you: Senior Living Campuses. Sixty-two million Americans are over the age of 65 and those in their 80’s are projected to grow over 36% over the next decade. The average age of a... Continue Reading →

A friend and I have arrived at a nursing home in southeastern Ohio to visit a resident. We have brought along Lily, our friendly little Malti-pooh, who will provide entertainment. I have not seen the friend I am visiting in over a year. She had suffered a massive stroke about six months prior while she... Continue Reading →

I was honored when my niece and her husband, a Commodore of the Cleveland Yacht Club, asked me to Bless the Fleet as part of the Invocation opening Lake Erie to the summer season of boating, referred to as The Commissioning Service. “We think it’s time for a woman to offer the prayer since only ordained... Continue Reading →

The title of this blog is a reworking of the words from The Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, that among those are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” If you search the wisest philosophers from Aristotle... Continue Reading →

Last week’s blog centered on the growing lack of kindness offered to employees in any business. The subject still gnawed at me throughout the week. It alerted me also to an increase of foul language used by well-known people, some major leaders in government. I saw it on my news feed which quotes political leaders... Continue Reading →

The other morning, I heard a radio journalist request listeners to send in stories of misbehavior or abusive language from a customer to an employee in a store. She felt the abuse was getting out-of-hand and planned to write an essay on it. I had not heard about this, so it piqued my interest. Was abuse... Continue Reading →

Warmer days are coming: Yaaayyy!! The bugs are coming, too. Ugggghhh!!  Many people think this way; we love the warmth, but we do not love what comes with it. We are swatting, swishing, stomping the smallest of creatures as they emerge, with us, into the long-awaited sunshine. A few decades past I resolved never to kill... Continue Reading →

Ordinarily I do not take a side when it comes to politics although my arguments probably leave very little room in deciphering what I think on a certain issue. This is probably true regarding the recent backlash among politicians regarding Pope Leo’s statements on the war in Iran. First, I must underline that I am... Continue Reading →

Here we are in April, National Poetry Month. The American Academy of Poets initiated this commemoration in 1996 as an effort to inform readers that poetry is a distinctive art form serving many occasions where speeches and published prose fall short of getting into depths of an experience that defies explanation and exists as something... Continue Reading →