Musings

Yesterday at 1:13 am

The Sad Inevitable Jolt ~ When?

Last Wednesday, after our early gym time then a special massage appointment for me (addressing a rascally hip), since we were close by, Bill and I decided to treat ourselves to Eggs Benedict at the Silver Spur in Capitola. That’s…

20 Jul at 8:53 pm

You Need to Know About This!

News, Taking Stock

Headline in theatlantic.com July 14, 2025 as well as many other news organizations: “The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food”* In its zeal to prevent waste and—I’ve blocked the other jargon words—the Trump Administration has…

17 Jul at 7:40 pm

Lavender Lady

Becoming My Own Best Self

“Love your eyeshadow!” “Thank you!” “…I like your lavender eyes…” “Thank you very much…” “Hey, nice purple—your—” “Thanks, appreciate it…” And so out and about in a day—rounds of the gym…the bakery…farmers’ market…the pharmacy…somebody’s office…I receive random compliments from perfect…

14 Jul at 12:31 am

My Stolen Hour

Around and About, Musings

For a wonder, for a mercy, my dear Swiss-German ex-Marine-Corps self-abnegating husband has agreed to have a weekly massage. Did you catch that weekly? It took my most persuasive argumenting to get Bill to agree that a regular and frequent…

9 Jul at 3:28 pm

Take Your Choice

Musings

Last we left The Old Girl she had something inside her bum that had to be reckoned with… something, uh, what my small children would call “omnious.” Monday July 8th there was to be an in-and-out procedure to cadge a…

2 Jul at 10:37 am

Living in Limbo

Musings

Hanging around. Waiting. Wondering. Fretting. Feeling clueless… Actually, I just Wiki’d Limbo and discovered good old Limbo—a place I think of as being neither here nor there, sort of poised in the middle distance—is in fact defined as “the edge…

24 Jun at 8:54 pm

My Uppy Downy Ninetieth Birthday

Musings

I’ll tell you the truth. Being ninety—actually arriving at so august, so distant, so unlikely/impossible a number–on the one hand turned out not to be a biggie. On the other hand, it’s mind-boggling, marvelous. I confess I walk around with…

17 Jun at 12:57 pm

Onward and Upward! (Revisiting 89)

A View From My Eighties, From the Past, Looking Over My Shoulder, Musings, Taking Stock

Day after tomorrow, I’ll enter my 91st year … whoopee! Ninety years old. Whoa. Ma made it to 100. I’m on my way. Maybe. Anyway, I’m grateful for every minute! And your company. P.S. Our novel is almost finished!!! Reposted…

6 Jun at 8:19 pm

Oh Horrors! There’s Plastic in Our Salt!

In the Kitchen, at the Table, Musings

Oh, woe is me. Nothing is sacred. Of all the rituals in one’s life, can you think of another more significant, more central, that goes further back in your life than that of sprinkling salt on your breakfast eggs…your luncheon…

27 May at 7:36 pm

The Apple of Big Dreams

In the Kitchen, at the Table, Musings

Have you discovered the great new American apple, COSMIC CRISP? As one who has grown rare heritage apples—American Colonial, English, French, Russian—and tasted gorgeous apples from all over the world—I’m here to tell you that this seedling conceived in 1997…