Every so often, someone says something to me about my newly found thinness that is upsetting and sends me reeling. (Yes, it\’s been six years since I permanently removed over 50 pounds, but it still feels newly found. Until I have lived more years thin than fat, I shall consider myself newly thin.) Attacks have […]
You may be familiar with Herbert Hoover\’s actual 1928 Presidential campaign slogan (“A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage”), but who would have thought a variation of it would apply to approximately 500 communities in the United States today? Variously called fly-in communities, residential airparks, or airpark communities, this is a […]
What Are Life Transitions? The two most dramatic life transitions are ones we barely notice or remember-these are birth and death. Coming into this world and leaving it are events we celebrate or mourn in the lives of others, but our experience of our own birth amounts to little more than an after-the-fact look at […]
Most people are looking for happiness and long for that true feeling of success, peace and serenity. It\’s what we all strive for in our “fast-paced, get-stuff-done” type of lifestyle. Being happy is a choice you face every day of your life. And while we all know that happiness can help with stress, did you […]
I have this friend who I call “Chicken Little.” She\’s always forecasting doom and gloom and that\’s not all. Chicken knows every “Old Wives Tale” ever told and follows her horoscope as if it were her life\’s blueprint. I\’ve suggested they rename Horoscopes to “Hormonal-scopes” for us boomer-age women because Menopause and wacky hormones determine […]
…by Julie Clark Robinson I remember one summer not too long ago when I felt that I had lost custody of the back of my minivan for the summer. Instead of having room for groceries, I had four arm floaties, three towels, two pairs of water shoes, a killer shark boogie board and a big […]
As a practicing writer, do you sometimes feel like you have nothing to write or like it takes forever to create even one well written sentence? And then after all the hard work it took to create a powerful sentence, article, or book-you then struggle to get motivated to do it all over again. Writing […]
Many of us have been known to scoff down one piece of cake, beat ourselves up, feel rotten to the core, and then have another slice of the Devil\’s food to soothe. Our fat cells multiply – our pants tighten – we feel bad (we believe ourselves to be bad) – yet we indulge in […]
How much do you remember about the “good old days?” Take this quiz and find out! (Answers follow quiz.) 1. What year was it? “Gunsmoke” begins a 20-year run “The Lawrence Welk Show” premieres Ray Kroc gives us McDonald\’s Walt Disney opens Disneyland 2. Whose was the first Presidential Inauguration to be televised nationwide? 2. […]
The house is quiet now. All the children have left, and I am starting the therapeutic work of picking up from the chaos. I move slowly, bone-tired yet unable to relax. I\’m putting down on the coffee table the breakable items that were moved to higher, safer ground. I\’m fluffing the sofa pillows that were […]
