Growing Older : On Turning 81 or Birds in the Bathroom
I’m celebrating this birthday with a two-week Viking cruise in Central America. Apart from lots of history, this is what …
Tag Archives: aging
Locked Out
As the garage door boomed shut, I jumped out of the way. I’d programmed new pin numbers into the door …
Tears of Thanksgiving
They started in my church parking lot. When I turned in, off of 26th Street, an older masked man motioned …
Psalm 71 – a comfort for older folks
I recorded my reading of this Psalm for my church’s website. My hope is that it may be a blessing …
Nostalgia for Nursing
Oh no. That was bad. After being happily retired from nursing for nearly seventeen years, I had a severe attack …
Environs
On a flight recently, I spent some time reading blogging friends who have fibromyalgia. Having FM myself, I always marvel …
Grab…Sermons, this Time
Grab. Grab. And grab some more. Last time I talked about the “grab” of first sentences in short stories. Today, …
Grab. Grab. Grab. How grabby are your first sentences?
“The convent was gone, burned to the ground in a kitchen fire years ago.”1 Would you like to read a …
What will your kids just throw out?
“I’ve put stickers behind everything valuable in my house because I don’t want my kids to throw them out when …
Hazards of Marrying a Preacher’s Kid
Ask my husband about the hazards of marrying a PK, and he’s likely to tell you, “Be ready to drive …
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