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As ice storm advisories were issued here recently, many of us had one very distressing thought on our minds. What if we lose our power? Sitting in the hermetic world of my cozy apartment in the middle of the onslaught of freezing rain, I worried most about what I was going to do if…..  I am alone. I am on the top floor of a condo building. If the power shuts off, I will freeze.     But did I do anything? I just sat there, my mind as clogged as a storm sewer.  A note was slipped under the door....

I know you care when you call, email or text, even if I don't get back to you quickly because of pain from my broken wrist and arm. Sometimes, however, I wish you would walk in my shoes a bit and understand how it sounds when you say things that are neither kind nor helpful:  This is really not that bad in the scheme of life. Of course, it isn't but right in the here and now it's horrific for me that I can't use my right hand for so many pursuits. I can't shower on my own, brush my...

When you’re older and fall—or slip on ice, dealing with the decisions of a doctor to tend to your two major breaks, the surgery and rehab can be overwhelming.  I first went to the ER in my small town where two Physician Assistants performed anatomical reduction—to move the bones back into place. The shot into my hand and bone burned like hot coals.  Next, it was on to a recommended orthopedist in a little bigger town near my home, even though that doctor is more a generalist than specialist.  He said I required more anatomical reduction, and with another horrific...

We talk to ourselves every day. “Don’t eat that cookie.” We eat it anyway. “I really need to make it to the gym after eating so much at the dinner buffet last night.” The gym is closed. “I am going to spend less money on clothing.” Well, we don’t have any money to spend on clothing as it is and heck we’re already up to our eyeballs in debt.  And then before we know it, it’s the new year. Time to make our obligatory resolutions in our quest to be a better person.    Our behaviors, good and bad, have...

Dealing with platters of holiday cookies and candies, an open bar, and dips galore with bowls of chips presents major trouble for my waistline each year. This is one reason I dread the month of December. I try to be good all year, but I find it's not getting any easier to control my weight as I age and my metabolism slows down.  I've tried all the diets that emerge--the Scarsdale Diet Plan, Cabbage Soup, and Atkins, along with my own creation, The Wedding Diet(TM). This worked well when my younger daughter married five years ago and I wanted to...