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…

He fought in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam It is Veteran’s Day and as always I think of my father. Only 171,000 service members served in Wrld War II, Korea, and Vietnam. My father was one of them. He’d been in the Air Force since World War II. I…

Crows Feet Writing Prompt #43 — You are indeed fortunate if you have not yet heard a medical professional use an acronym like IBS, SIBO, or, my personal favorite, FODMAPS. If your digestive system has become rebellious and uncooperative, foods high in FODMAPS might be the problem, as they are for me. I wrote about my…

She took lives instead of saving them When ninety-seven-year-old Aggie March passed away during the night of November 13, 1984, a visit from Death was not unexpected. She was one of the oldest residents of the North Horizon Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. However, what was unexpected was that ninety-four-year-old…

It was the 70s and anything went — Millennials and Generation Xers have only a few years to look back on and remember the mistakes they made and the dumb things they did. So what if you made a fool of yourself at a high school prom? No biggie, you can laugh about your teen hi-jinks now. Or…

The poison In September 1984, state and local public health officials were baffled by a sudden upsurge in reported cases of salmonella poisoning, centered in rural Wasco County, Oregon. So many cases, several hundred, so suddenly, simply didn’t make any sense. The bacteria, which is highly contagious, causes cramps and diarrhea and…