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We had a sauerkraut barrel "working" on our back porch, but it and the backyard garden that kept it going was running out of cabbage
January 2, 2024 at 2:23 p.m.
The Grocery Shopping Experience
In view of my advanced age and the fact that human beings have to eat, it’s safe to assume that I have spent a good measure of my life in grocery stores
Skate Bells and Blizzards
For me, Jamaica was a neighborhood in Queens County, where only a sporting goods store, called Davega, had perfect ice skates
Cemetery Slogans
Lately I’ve been getting a lot of advertisements and letters from funeral homes. Do they know something I don’t know?
Craving New Experiences
Someone once passionately expressed to me that they wished to make sure they really lived before they died
Finding Your Feet, A Legacy
Let’s choose kindness. And hope. Not just for ourselves, but as a way of holding the door open for the young ones behind us
My Existential Crafting Crisis
...trailing was its cord neatly stowed in a shiny green and gold contact paper-covered toilet paper tube! ARGH!
Christmas Grace
The first thing I saw was Grace sitting under the Christmas tree in my own little, red rocking-chair, which could only mean that now she was mine!
Paul De Dea’s Wonderful Life
I asked my dad if he had it all to do over, would he do anything differently...
The Neighbor’s Dog
Harley was a marshmallow – all licks and love
Revenge of the Cat
The gift left me speechless. He was adorable, but I had never liked cats.
Brain Trust
The "Keep Your Brain Alive" book encourages you to use each of your senses in new and innovative ways to create new neural pathways
Treadmill and Time
Old age arrived quietly on my still slender frame and non-gray hair. Happened silently, as that huge number on the cardiac form can’t be MY present age!
Dove Moments: Learning from wisdom gained through life experience
My grandparents were excellent role models for contributing to the good of those around us in whatever ways we’re able
