The azaleas were in voluptuous, vibrant purple bloom. Roses nodded heavy heads of scarlet and pink, glossy green leaves set off the rosy colors. Melissa traipsed around the garden, marveling at how well her ornamental flowers were doing this year. Her intense attention to prevention of mold and insect infestation was finally reaping rewards. Her […]
Jingle Bells! My husband and I are at a holiday party, a gentle murmur of conversation buzzing around us. I lean in and speak softly, “Honey, look over your shoulder, I think I see Rex.” He frowns as he tries to decipher what I just said. “You want me to put you on my shoulder
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The Art Of Maintenance Long, long ago, when I was an adolescent staring at adults like they held the answers to the universe, I didn’t realize that they knew only a bit more than I did. Times evolve so quickly that we can’t keep up. I stared in awe at my dad shaving, wondering why
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Final Wishes I was on Facebook when an ad caught my eye. A brochure addressing death was featured, available at no cost, from a local funeral planner. I happened to know the man who co-founded this company. I made a mental note to ask him for copies of the brochure the next time we spoke.
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Too Much Tech A couple of decades ago, when my husband and I first acquired a house Lakeside, things were quite low-tech. For instance, there was no Wi-Fi available for our home. We had no car then and kept fit by walking two miles to Ajijic every couple of days to go to the “internet
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Keeping The Teeth I am happy to say that I’ve been able to keep all my teeth thus far. I do have one crown, which I won’t count, since there is a bit of my original tooth under it. Holding on to my teeth has not been easy. In my youth, my Uncle John was
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To Eat Or Not To Eat We all know that what we eat is a huge determinant of our health level. What we may not be aware of is how the field of nutrition is changing. I remember the old pyramid in health classes, only modifying slightly over the years. Meat and eggs got high
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Hive Talking Back in the mid-1970s the band the Bee Gees released a song called “Jive Talking.” The song was catchy and quite popular. My teenage sister had just learned to drive, and she lost all sense when this song came on the radio. Her adolescent brain focused only on the staccato beat, and she
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The Dark Medical staff continue to tell me that I am extremely healthy, for my age. I’ve even been asked detailed diet questions, as though that bread I eat for breakfast ensures great cholesterol numbers. I want to respond, ”If I’m so healthy, why am I here getting treatment for a serious disease?” I smile
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The drive from Lake Charles, Louisiana to DeRidder, Louisiana is only forty-five minutes long. When I was a child, it seemed to take hours. Farm fences displayed brightly colored ads for Brylcreem hair pomade and Barbasol shaving cream. The colorful signs provided a break in the monotony for our carload of restless children, as the
