Life

Fighting Boredom with Boxes, Bottles and a Bucket

It seems the older we get, the less opportunities we have to experience something new. Yes, life can get boring, but only if we let it. Sinc

Hakuna Matata —The Golden Girls Way

Sophia — “People waste their time pondering whether a glass is half empty or half full. Me, I just drink whatever’s in the glass.” Few...

Apron Strings and Kitchen Things

Kris Kristofferson is right, “There’s just something ’bout a Sunday…” Recollections of grandmas in aprons, who stood in bare feet,...

A View from the Inside: Texas (POW) Camp Hearne

Baby Boomers know about war. We’ve seen a few, lost family to some, and felt the social and personal repercussions of all of them. Each...

Ghosts: Believe It? Or Not?

Tonight’s the fright-night when porch lights turn on, the candy comes out and little ghosts and goblins show up on doorsteps everywhere...

The Lost Art of Letter Writing

Well, first the good news: nobody gets a Dear John or Dear Jane letter anymore. The bad news is fewer and fewer people are sending...

Here's to the Late Bloomers!

Did you know that Charles Darwin wrote “On the Origin of the Species” (1859) when he was 50 years old? When Harland Sanders was 65, "The...

You Just Can't Argue With Audrey...

Audrey Hepburn had the right idea and I couldn't agree more. She said, "I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing...