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WHY?
“They caught one of the suspects,” Bill tells me as I wake up. On an ordinary day, an ordinary week, I’d have to shake off morning grogginess to grasp what Bill was saying. But this was no ordinary week. Last … Continue reading
THE TALK–PART 3
In my last two columns I wrote about filling out my Advanced Directive. I recalled my friend Bob’s illness. Several years ago, Bob was hospitalized with a serious but treatable illness. Life support measures kept Bob alive while his body … Continue reading
THE TALK-PART 2
In my last column, I wrote about sitting down with family members to fill out my Advanced Directives—or End of Life Wishes. Although I’m in good health now, I’ve seen life turn on a dime. I don’t want to leave … Continue reading
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THE TALK–PART 1
Last weekend, I knew the time had come to have the Second Talk with our daughters. Decades ago, I flubbed the First Talk—the mother/daughter Talk about sex— so I decided to pull myself together for the Second Talk. This talk … Continue reading
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Tagged ADVANCED DIRECTIVES, END OF LIFE ISSUES, ONE'S OWN DEATH
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WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BRING TO THE TABLE?
Yesterday, I put away our Christmas placemats, red with green plaid borders. To my eye, the reds and greens—which looked lively during the holidays—seemed as tired as crumbled Christmas wrapping paper, discarded weeks ago. Now that the days grow longer, … Continue reading
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BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
At our house, we set the temperature at 55 to 60 at night, so it felt especially nippy when we woke up to a snow and a mini cold snap earlier this week. But with a flip of the thermostat … Continue reading
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Tagged air conditioners, CLIMATE CHANGE, family, healty indoor air, HURRICANE SANDY, thermostat
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LET IT SNOW!
Hello Everyone, Just read that nine out of ten of the highest temperatures on record have occurred since 2000. So far, this has been a warm, dry winter. I’m hoping for snow this weekend. Do you think there’s a link … Continue reading
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Tagged FERN LAKE FIRE, FIRES IN COLORADO, RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES, WARM DRY WEATHER
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STORMY WEATHER
It’s been over a month now since Hurricane Sandy roared through parts of Long Island, Staten Island and New Jersey. As TV coverage has shown us, residents of these areas are valiantly trying to piece their lives together. As I … Continue reading
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Tagged CALIFORNIA STORM, COPING WITH LOSS, HURRICANE SANDY, REBUILDING AFTER LOSS, WEATHER
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HURRICANE SANDY
Bill and I were visiting our daughter and her family in southern New Hampshire when Hurricane Sandy arrived last week. A veteran of power outages, our daughter Kathy had a small generator on hand to keep the refrigerator/freezer running and … Continue reading