October 27, 2023 Medicare Part D is a Vicious Lie that Keeps Insurance Companies Wealthy at the Expense of the Elderly. Please note that I am disabled (newly 5 years ago) and am reaching my Medicare age also. And note that I have a master’s degree in public health. This…

I’m not sure I understand why the great states of America are still following some old rules as made up by and for the House of Representatives. These rules have been around for far too long and they don’t serve the American people. One of the most enduring tests of…

My husband and I got into a roaring argument about Society’s dismissal of older women. Older women’s experience is of no consequence, and older women are barely tolerated in society. Guess who the old lady is? It is I. He exhorts me not to respond to the bland dismissal that…

Sometimes, I am standing at the sink. I may be brushing my teeth or washing up, but I am struck by the pain I feel. That pain makes it impossible for me to stand for more than a few minutes. I have fibromyalgia and Central Pain Syndrome. The fact is…

I’m not surprised that Trump and his ilk are having a heyday. You know that humans want to believe what they need to believe to make their own lives okay and even tolerable. What makes Country & Western so popular is the notion that blue color workers, though disenfranchised, are…

Stop hating on yourself! Ugh. So much of my life was about being beautiful, being attractive, being pretty. It is hard to believe that I am not now that… I was never able to explain to my husband that it was okay to not be “hot”, because God knows I…

1. Serendipity is your friend. People are beautiful, but only if you believe it. A big smile helps. 2. Changes don’t trickle in; they move with a big whoosh. Move away from the coast and for heaven’s sake, get out of Florida. 3. You can’t have it all, where you…

Copied from my friend Casey about this year: “No one I know began this year on a full tank. …

FORGIVENESS 2022 I have a long and complicated relationship with forgiveness. At first, I couldn’t do it because I equated forgiveness with allowing the other person to get back in my life and perhaps redo the damage. Forgiveness August 2, 2010 I realize that I am repeating a lesson that I have learned…