Change of Course
We found that what really made a difference for our happiness, enjoyment, and peace of mind was a drive to not entertain ourselves, but to reach out and volunteer to help where we could find a need.
The Elderly – Ignore them, or treat them with dignity and respect?
Yesterday I happened to pull into a parking bay alongside a minibus that had brought half a dozen or so elderly people from a charitable care home to a beachside area to enjoy a few hours out in the sunshine and sea air.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Recently Harvard University released a summary of the findings of a study on what makes people happy.
Your Brief Guide for What to Expect During a Home Renovation
If you don't realistically consider the process, the experience can become torture.
An “Old Fogy’s” View On University vs. Trade Education
I thought that I would put down the advice I would give to my own grandchildren at this threshold of their lives.
Tips for Senior Caregivers Wanting to Start a Side Hustle
It's important to know where to begin and what options fit into your life best.
Random Thoughts While Snowed In
Several questions occurred to me, and I know there will be no answers to them, but I share them for you just to get them off my chest.
Shouldn’t Woke Go Farther?
I am convinced that there is no level beneath which the Woke and Thought Police cannot go. Therefore, I thought I might offer them a few suggestions about Christmas that need revision or outright expulsion.
Were times ever really simpler?
There is a common theme that I hear in every story: “Things were always simpler back in the day”.
The questions we never asked
Who is going to really know about you, if you don’t tell them?
Get ready to Roomba
I find myself watching it, in awe, as it angles itself between the proverbial rock and hard place by lifting itself and then rolling to the next stop.
It’s déjà vu, all over again
Why have we gone from pandemic to pandemonium?