On Wednesday, I was a lady-in-waiting. I’m not so well-connected as a royal lady-in-waiting, but I am right up there with the waiting skills. First, I spent almost two hours waiting at the car dealership for “just a quick fix” on my vehicle, and then I spent another […]
I’ve done a lot of looking back over the last couple of weeks. I have been visiting with some of the members of my UK family, and I realized that when you are around extended family, they tell stories of things that happened in the past. They tell […]
There’s nothing funny about memory loss, except maybe this. About a month ago I got an email from the Canadian Association of Retired Persons that said: CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR MEMORY? Take the free online brain health assessment validated by scientists from Baycrest, a world leader in the research […]
My memory has never been good, but now it is frequently awful. One of my most valuable techniques for overcoming the problem is to always put things away after I’ve used them. This is especially important for things like screwdrivers, scissors, tax files, and Tupperware lids. If things […]
It has been a couple of years since I got my eyes checked and four years since I got new glasses, so I thought it was time for a review. I was expecting, if anything, that I needed a slight change in my prescription. I wanted some new […]
Sometimes I have just a smidgen of an idea of something I want to write about, then it goes away. Poof. Disappeared. I don’t know where it goes. Usually I have other stuff going on. Often it happens while I’m watching TV, or falling asleep, or reading. By the […]
Store cards, sometimes called Customer Appreciation Cards or Loyalty Cards or Club Cards or Reward Zone Cards, are really just a device for identifying the degree to which the customer is inadequate. By the time I have chosen the store, the product, and the checkout line, I am […]
I am a snowbird who travels south for the winter. When I get there I have a bird of paradise plant on my patio.
