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           As surely as the trees lose leaves in the fall, so my middle-aged body seems to be dropping “optional” organs each year. The surgeons in town are loving it, but I’m not quite so thrilled. As I recently weathered yet another surgery, it caused me to ponder how much faith I place in the… Continue reading Sometimes “Narrow” is Good

All the dog books say that as a breed, shar-peis (the exceedingly wrinkly dogs you often see on greeting cards and posters) are “distant and aloof.” One thing is abundantly clear: my shar-pei, Winston, has not read the dog books.            “Distant and aloof” is not a phrase that ever comes to anyone’s mind when… Continue reading It’s Time to Learn a New Language

           I think the train of life has taken me to my destination and the sign at the station reads, “Nerdsville.”            I realized the other day that our house contains more computers than might be found in some small Third-World countries. Our living room often looks like a computer garden, with laptops blooming on… Continue reading The Ultimate On-line Connection

            I recently wrote about my dog, Winston, and his unexplainable, sudden, exasperating fear of thunder. Several storms later, I’m here to report that things are emphatically NOT better in this regard. It has made me yearn for the cold of winter (and to hope that Winston has not developed a fear of frost).           … Continue reading Know Him. Know peace.

    Pass the doggy Valium, please. I have just endured another episode of Winston’s thunderstorm neurosis and I have the claw marks on my leg to prove it. Either he needs medication, or I do. I can’t figure out why, suddenly, my dog Winston is now seriously afraid of thunder and lightning. As a pup,… Continue reading Peace in the Storm

           My favorite senior citizens to be around are those feisty ones who absolutely refuse to stay in any kind of “old people” box and who have a mischievous twinkle in their eye that grows more brilliant with each birthday.            I was recently privileged to participate in a weekend retreat with women ranging in… Continue reading People Will Surprise You

           My birthday has come and gone, so I guess I better get next year’s Christmas present request in. Jewelry is nice; clothes are fine; perfume is okay, but what I really want is a replicator, like the ones they have on board the Starship Enterprise on “Star Trek.”             Perhaps you’re not as well-versed in… Continue reading Something Better Than ‘Star Trek’

            Just when I thought I had plodded through all the owner’s manuals I’d have to read for awhile, here comes something else. The UPS guy just rolled up and dropped off another new high-tech gadget that my husband is sure will enhance my life – AFTER I endure the torture of learning how to… Continue reading No Replay TV in Real Life

            I have a long, unglorious history of entering and not winning contests. Sweepstakes, drawings, door prizes – you name it, I’ve lost it. I don’t buy lottery tickets, but if a contest requires no monetary investment and offers the chance of a good return, I might just enter. And I have … and have… Continue reading I finally won something!

            In the summer evenings of my childhood, the kids in our neighborhood often gathered in someone’s yard after supper to play. With crickets providing the background music, we’d play games like capture the flag, statue, freeze tag and of course, assorted variations of hide and seek.             Sometimes we’d form teams to play hide… Continue reading “All-ee, all-ee in free!”