Getting to Pretend
What makes Halloween Parties so much fun for adults is getting to pretend you are someone, or something, other than who you are. At least for a few hours. For…
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Lingering Effects
It’s been several weeks since Hurricane Ian devastated huge parts of Florida then moved northeast to do it again in the Carolinas. And now with looming mid term elections and…
Now it’s Books … What’s Next?
One of the scariest things happening this month of Halloween is the censorship of books. When a group of people join together for the purpose of banning books because they…
What’s Your Favorite Apple?
Every year when October arrives I start craving foods made with apples. Just knowing it’s October triggers it, even if I’m in Florida where the weather is still warm and…
Going Clean and Green
The headline of an article published in Pittsburgh Magazine posed the question “Can Pittsburgh Save The Planet?” That’s because from September 21-23 thousands of researchers, business leaders and politicians from…
Living in a Monarchy
Queen Eilzabeth II was only four years younger than my dad. When I think of her that way it puts her life in a whole new perspective for me. Today…
International Day of Peace
In 1981 the UN General Assembly established September 21st as the International Day of Peace. The objective was, and still is, to observe 24 hours of non-violence and cease fires…
It’s Fall Festival Season
If you don’t live in the deep south, by mid September there is starting to be a crispness to the air. Days bring plenty of welcomed mild temperatures without any…
Too Much Stuff
It’s an embarrassment! How did I ever accumulate so much stuff? Lately I’ve been taking inventory of all my stuff. I think that even if I live another 30 years,…
Such a Great Place
I love being at the Chautauqua Institute at Chautauqua, New York. A few years ago my husband and I heard Arthur C. Brooks – past president of the American Enterprise…
Enjoying a “Not So Sweet” Life
Every summer my husband puts out several feeders of sugar water for the hummingbirds. They consume so much sugar water that in the height of summer he has to refill…
Imagining a World Without Plastic
Possibly the second most iconic line from the 1967 movie The Graduate, is at Benjamin’s graduation party when his neighbor, Mr. McGuire, takes him aside and says, “Benjamin, there’s a…