Warm Friend on a Cold Day is available as duvet cover, pillow, prints and more on Fine Art America.
My only grandchild lives 1500 miles away. He is six years old. My husband and I went to visit him last month – this is how it went:
ME: May I speak to Andre?
PERSON ON THE OTHER END: Is he expecting your call?
ME: No.
PERSON ON THE OTHER END: Whom shall I say is calling?
ME: Grandma. Continue reading
Facing Freedom
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I want to retire but I can’t do the math. I have no idea how long I expect to live, so how could I possibly know whether or not I have enough money to last me until I die?
Back in the day, retirement was simple — 65, gold watch, have a nice life with a pension. You know, a monthly income that lasted until death – sorta like old school marriage.
If you got sick or senile (old school for Alzheimer’s) you lived with one of your children in their assisted living facility. (Although the thought of living with my children is not one that I cherish)
Humble Gratitude
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I got straight D’s in Home Ec, back in the days when girls were required to take cooking and sewing and boys were required to take shop class. Back in my school, girls could not take shop and boys could not take home ec even if they wanted to. The good old days weren’t all that good in that respect.
Anyway, back to the D’s. It wasn’t that I can’t cook (even though it’s not my favorite pasttime), its that I am a visual cook. I can see how much oregano to add to the spaghetti sauce by the color (even then I was the artist.) Besides, I could care less how many teaspoons go into a tablespoon because I have the whole set of measuring spoons. You can buy a set at the dollar store even today, so I imagine measuring spoons were only a few cents back in the day. Continue reading
