Keeping It Simple

He looked up from the ever-present electronic notebook to make eye contact with me. The words he carefully spoke stopped me in my tracks. I wasn’t sure I had heard correctly. This was a doctor I respected for his reputation and experience. I trusted him with my health in its most vulnerable state.  My reaction […]

Now I”m not insulting you, just stating fact. You don’t know Jack, but I’ll tell you about him. He’s my walking buddy who eagerly waits by the door when he thinks it’s time to go out. If I forget the daily routine he’s there to remind me often vocally. He leaps and whirls as if […]

C'mon, Grammy, C'mon!

    Our just turned 4-year-old granddaughter could be pretty persuasive…. small hand grasping mine, pulling with all her little girl might…coaxing me out of my inert state into whatever play game or activity has captured her young heart — she knows from past experience just what to do to get Grammy out of the […]

On Apples, Smoothies, and Dirty Floors

While sipping my apple/banana/ berry/almond milk and spring greens smoothie…taking a break from my (overdue) very late fall cleaning I was thinking about….dirt. Two things I can say about that which all would agree–1. It is dirty,  and 2. It is never-ending. What I have never appreciated about dirt is that it is not teachable […]