Although the AARP did officially start trying to recruit me this year, I don’t consider myself a “Golden Girl” yet. But I did tackle the theme song for the television show “The Golden Girls” at a recent church online Coffee House. My inspiration for choosing the song (“Thank You For Being a Friend”) was topical–a…

I LITERALLY ran into some teenagers today. One of my pet peeves is when I think people misuse the word “literally,” (even/especially my imaginary friend/favorite podcast host Luke Burbank) so I want to be clear that I was really running (although slowly) when I ran into some teenagers who were blocking the sidewalk by walking…

Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, I used to successfully use a phone to communicate with people. No, not with texting, but in actually using the phone to make and receive calls. I used to have conversations with people by using a phone to talk with and listen to them. I…

As Minnesotans have been busily trying to finish up raking their leaves before a winter storm rolled in (or so I’ve been told–I don’t actually do home maintenance work. Okay, I shovelled a few steps today, it was a holiday after all) I turn my attention to the Frog and Told story, “The Surprise.” That’s…

My mom died 20 years ago today. She was 64. She died at a nursing home in Chippewa Falls, WI, approximately 10 weeks after she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She was very sick those entire 10 weeks and her death felt both drawn out and sudden. I was in the room when she died,…

I never thought I would run a “virtual” race, but there are some definite advantages. Mainly, it’s a luxury to be able to run the race whenever I want (within a given date range) and to pick a day whenever the weather cooperates and a time that doesn’t involve getting up between 4:30-5:30 a.m. But…

Celebrate our 25th Wedding Anniversary from the comfort of your home! Yes, our 25th Anniversary was just over 4 months ago, but due to a terribly rude pandemic I have not been able to fully leverage its social capital. But I can still use it to try and guilt everyone I know into attending our…

Yesterday the world was in perfect balance–at least when it comes to the length of daylight and night. As it was the Fall Equinox, we had an equal amount of dark and light. The Equinox feels like a beautiful metaphor for equanimity, but it makes me anxious. I love fall–the beauty of the trees changing…

I am not always so good with follow through. And, I like to take action and have resolution. This combination means I sometimes err on the side of getting things done rather than doing things right. I’ve really taken my friend Mark’s advice to heart “Right is good, done is better.” (Although he also rather…