Healthy Distance from Old Age

Healthy Distance from Old Age

In two days, my wonderful honey and I will board a ship to cruise the Columbia River Gorge in the Northwest U.S. It’s a celebration, a vacation, a trip to acknowledge our 50 years of wedded bliss. I recently lunched with a group of friends at a centrally located...
Conversation starters

Conversation starters

Conversation is not always easy to start without being trite. My husband and I have many disparate people with whom to converse, so we’ve actively worked on some conversation starters. As a conversation starter other than “How are you?” or...
The 30-second rule

The 30-second rule

Fearing of public speaking is often cited as fear numero uno when such lists are made  – and what’s more public that social interaction topped by talk. It might be true that everyone alive anxious about making small talk with other peeps… Small talk...
Free Ways

Free Ways

Six months ago, if you’d told me that I’d miss our masked up existence and protracted homestay, I would have laughed aloud. “Ridiculous!” I’d have shouted. Today, however, I admit the suggestion’s truth. While almost everything about the pandemic-enforced pause was...
Why/when ‘Agree to Disagree’ got junked

Why/when ‘Agree to Disagree’ got junked

Somehow, somewhere the notion of ‘agree to disagree’ took a nosedive? Or maybe a hard turn right. Maybe it began with Rush Limbaugh’s strident and coarse discourse? He’s gone, but not forgotten for his adverse impact… was his first name...