College Life
Hello everyone: Today’s blog asks a very important question: How supportive is your significant other as you complete your college education? I was in college when I met my hubby, but, as we got serious, my college education took a back seat to our romance. It took 20 years for me to be able to return to college; that’s a long time to wait! If...
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Home Life
Hello everyone: Let me tell you a story. A friend of mine had an uncle and aunt who owned a farm. They loved to make ice cream, so they opened a small store in front of their farm and sold their ice cream, which was made from the milk that their cows produced. Everyone loved the dessert, and business was great. One day, the uncle...
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Home Life / Suddenly Single
Hello everyone: Today’s blog may seem a bit unusual for Christmas Day but I wanted to share with you a recent experience with an elderly relative. He lives alone, following the death of his beloved wife two + years ago. He was put on Flomax three months ago, but unknown to his other relatives, he did not tell them that he also started taking a...
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Suddenly Single / Writing & Grammar
Hello everyone: This might be an unexpected blog posting for this time of year, but have you thought about sending notes to folks who are ill? Your thoughtful comments would mean so much to someone who is hurting. Here are some tips on how to approach this: You do not need a fancy, pre-printed card. Food stores (like Safeway, in my neck of the woods)...
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Home Life / Suddenly Single
Hello everyone: With the Christmas season upon us, it seemed like a nice idea to offer some tips on wrapping presents. First, make sure you have scissors, scotch tape (sorry fellows, this is not the place for your beloved duct tape, no matter how tempting that seems!), gift tags (you can buy them in bulk in the Christmas section of most food stores), wrapping paper,...
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Home Life / Suddenly Single
Hello everyone: Welcome to December and the month in which we write our lovely annual letter to folks we care about and want to remember at this time of year. Today’s blog is about what to write- or not write- as you compose these weighty tomes. Please tell me how you and the family are doing. We want to know what you have been doing...
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Home Life / Suddenly Single
Hello everyone: Today’s blog is about following your dreams. Perhaps this does not seem to fit the category of being practical, but I would argue that it does. Folks sometimes spend a great deal of time and money being trained for a job that they quickly decide they detest. This is very sad; as the old saying goes, “Find a job you love and you...
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Books / Home Life / Suddenly Single
Hi Everyone: Today’s blog is just for fun. Since many folks will start decorating their tree in the coming weeks, I wanted to jump in with ideas for making your tree look superb. First, don’t decorate your tree like the stores do theirs. Keep in mind that they want to sell ornaments (or trees or both) and they will therefore put the ornaments on the...
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Home Life / Suddenly Single
Hello everyone: With Hurricane Matthew bearing down on the state of Florida even as I type this, it seems appropriate to talk about hurricanes and evacuations. Suddenly Single discusses the need to have nonperishable food and plenty of water on hand, but one thing it does not mention is the need to take food with you, should the need to evacuate arise. You always plan...
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