Be patient, it’s worth it — I’ve done computer training in over-55 communities, and although it is sometimes frustrating, it is also rewarding. Most Boomers, especially those over seventy, have not embraced technology. They don’t like it and don’t trust it. On the other hand, they understand that they may be missing out on photos of…

And it was worth it — I come by being an alcoholic, honestly, thanks to my father. According to the experts, less than half of alcoholics’ children become alcoholics themselves. My sister is one who didn’t; I’m one who did. …

How to tell you’re not 34 any more. — At each of the big birthdays, the ones that end in zero, you cross an unseen border. At 50, you have officially entered middle age. The first time my husband and I bought a condo in an over-55 community, I waited for someone to say I didn’t look 55. Anyone…

Anne Beatts proved him wrong — Anne Beatts, a writer and comedian, died in April of this year. She was not only brilliantly funny, a writer in the great early days of Saturday Night Live, but she was also generous and a trailblazer for women’s humor. I am grateful I had the opportunity to meet her…

The elderly couple were leading the good life in Florida until they were brutally murdered — The good life ended David, and Mina Swan were living the good life in Clearwater, Florida, until their bodies were found inside their lovely pool home on September 29, 2018. They had last been seen on Thursday, September 27. So what happened between Thursday and Saturday? The Swans Mina, 80, a Florida native, had taught art…

One simple act would leave two families devastated — The newborns The two women who gave birth in Hardee Hospital, in tiny Wauchula, Florida in 1978, never expected the havoc the births would wreak in their lives in the coming years. On Nov. 29, 1978, Barbara Mays gave birth to a baby girl. A few days later, in the same hospital…

Crow’s Feet Writing Prompt #27: Social Media — I am not a typical boomer in that I got involved in personal computers back in the ancient days when big clunky Zenith desktops and the CP/M operating system were king. Apple had just appeared over the horizon. …

A handy useful acronym to get control of stuff — GTD and me I never had much luck using GTD. Too wordy, just too too something. Although I understood it, I couldn’t make it work for me. But I kept seeing references to it everywhere like the universe was trying to tell me something. Much of GTD wasn’t relevant to me because I’m…

Cancel the Democratic party? — Bill SB 1248 Senator Blaise Ingoglia has introduced a bill, SB 1248, which would cancel the Democratic Party in Florida. As a retired Democrat living in the Sunshine State, I’m really nervous. Though apparently the Democratic Party is not mentioned in the bill, he has been clear that canceling the Party is his…