Jul 17
How COVID Changed Me: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I hate how the specter of this disease still haunts my thoughts and informs some of the choices I make. COVID has made me feel old.
Apr 25
Technological Torment
Early in the pandemic, when everything was shut down, my iPhone decided to throw in the towel. I ordered a new one online and...
Mar 15
QR Codes and Other Tech Frustrations
Our first TV behind our first baby, who is riding a low-tech wooden giraffe Our first TV was a wedding gift from my grandparents, which...
Feb 29
What’s Today’s Date?
During a recent hospitalization, someone came into my room and asked me that. Without my iPhone close at hand, I panicked for a second....
Dec 19, 2023
Pain
Despite efforts to make people’s perception of pain quantifiable or more objective (think all of those pain scale ratings, zero being no...
Oct 7, 2023
On Ageism Awareness Day
2013 — Just retired and on a trip When I was 65, I stepped down from being Executive Director of Cherry Preschool to mentor the new...
Jul 10, 2023
Walking a Mile in Her Walker
“You can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” — American saying, author unknown Part of aging is the physical...
Jun 18, 2019
Happy Birthday Paul McCartney
Published in ChicagoNow, June 18, 2019 Today Sir Paul turns 77. Yikes! I still remember, as if it were yesterday (pardon the pun) the...
Jun 13, 2019
Jeopardy for Seniors
Published in ChicagoNow, June 13, 2019 My father was a huge fan of Jeopardy. He had an extraordinary memory for certain categories:...
May 24, 2016
OMG! Bob Dylan is Seventy-Five
Photo by Martin Beek Published in ChicagoNow, May 24, 2016 It’s hard to believe that the man who wrote “Forever Young” is not. In fact,...