Category: summer

  • Summer’s Curtain Falls and I Make My Fall To-do List

    Summer’s Curtain Falls and I Make My Fall To-do List

    Summer’s lease hath all too short a date. – William Shakespeare The curtain closes on summer as fall creeps in. Hot weather still prevails, but evenings grow cooler, humidity drops, and darkness arrives before I am ready to move inside. There are too many things I want to do before it is too late seasonally… I…

  • Musings on Becoming Irrelevant 

    Musings on Becoming Irrelevant 

    My Florida family rented a home in my resort community for two weeks. Teenagers now, the grandkids’ are immersed in their generational lifestyle. Friends rule. Family time is enjoyed until teen goings-on beckon. Their parents’ lifestyle is not a lot different than their kids. With friends who live in the Northeast, a shore vacation offers…

  • Why is Simple Sometimes Not So Simple?

    Why is Simple Sometimes Not So Simple?

    Is it me?  Am I so techno-mechanical dumb that a step-by-step simple task turns out to be, for me, not so simple? At times an item supposedly user-friendly and easy to assemble morphs into an undertaking difficult to complete or never accomplished. How many gray hairs and sparse spots exist on my head because I…

  • We All Scream for ICE CREAM!

    We All Scream for ICE CREAM!

    Maybe not scream, but verbally make our desire known. Forcefully. And we desire ice cream often. ‘We,’ meaning a lot of us, although not all of us. I realize there are a few souls out there who are not ice cream fans. All I can say is…I’m sorry. Ice cream enthusiasts have their favorites –…

  • Musings on the Rhythms of My Life

    Musings on the Rhythms of My Life

    Eons ago the sun, moon, and stars dictated life. Folks looked at the sky for information about weather and seasonal changes. What should I wear? Will it rain? Should I stockpile firewood? I check my cell phone for the temperature and decide what to wear. I stare at the weather channel when storms threaten. Should I…