Nostalgia Rock

Nostalgia Rock

My husband and I bonded over music and I feel fortunate that our musical tastes continue to align. Thus, when live music returned to the outdoor arenas in the OC, we easily agreed on the tickets to buy. We also agreed that, since we can’t take our money with us,...
Online ordering replacing Mall shopping

Online ordering replacing Mall shopping

READ IT! READ IT! READ ALL ABOUT IT!, the news boys of New York used to say. People grabbed newspapers for a pence or a dime. Now they pay nothing and read on their phones. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/04/retail-meltdown-of-2017/522384/ This...
Nostalgia and Angst

Nostalgia and Angst

It’s Christmas/Kwanza/Hannukah season – and dozens more holidays around the world. Peace and joy! Tis the season of celebration. Tis the season of frenzied preparation and sumptuous feasting: go-go-go, gulp! Tis the season of nostalgia. Tis the season of...
…”when I’m 64″

…”when I’m 64″

We were celebrating a big birthday and an ‘all-clear’ from cancer for me. My husband and I had also endured an intense period of deaths, pitfalls, and passages in the prior year, and we needed to culminate our grieving with some kind of commemorative...