Is it soap or lotion?
One of the luxuries I allow myself these days is using upgraded (compared to store-brand) soaps and lotions that smell and feel good. (Of course, I only buy them when they are on sale,...
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Bag check!
My husband and I just returned from a two week empty nester vacation. Wow. (Well, actually we returned two weeks ago, but I’ve found that it takes about as long as the trip itself...
The joy of leaving things unfinished
I am a voracious reader. Always have been. There was a big swath of time in my childhood and early adolescence where the answer to “where’s Janet?” inevitably was “in her room reading.” The...
I’ve got my eye on that
It is no secret that our bodies start to, er, decline as we age. One of the (oh so many) areas that is impacted is eyesight. I remember being so proud at 50 when...
Sunrise, sunset–and very little time in between
The older I get, the more things I have to do every day just to stay even. And by that, I mean reasonably healthy and not aging more quickly than necessary. Because of this,...