Some things grow more valuable with age; cars, for instance. Those old models, fifty or more years old, if they’ve been well-cared for or restored, still purr down the highway, classic lines gleaming in the sunshine. And gems!Antique jewelry that has been well-loved through the years is just as valuable, if not more so, than […]
Feb 7, 2024
Ah! The Wonder of It
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I’ve always been a shy person. I mean, bashful! When I was a child, I was sure I didn’t know the learned and sophisticated things other people knew, so I remained quiet, not to disclose my lack. But now–ah, the wonder of it! I am young no longer. In fact, I’m older than most people […]
Jan 28, 2024
The Older I Get
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The older I get…the more I value family and friends and life and the less concerned I am about surface stuff, …the more I appreciate old values, old friends, old remedies to ills, physical and emotional, and spiritual. […]
Nov 29, 2023
Looking High and Low
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I’ve lost something! I am embarrassed to tell you what it is because I should have kept it in a safe place and I thought I did. So, to help with the frustration, I’ve found a rhyme flitting through my head. Before I lose it too, I’ve captured it and put it on this page, […]
Dec 10, 2019
Growing Older
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I have a sun dial in my flower garden. On it is an inscription from a poem by Robert Browning, “Grow Old Along With Me; The Best Is Yet To Be.” I’ve always liked that line. I suppose Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning had a wonderful marriage and did grow old together. Some […]
Sep 22, 2019
The Cloak of Invisibility
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This is a re-run of a popular post. It’s for those of us who sometimes feel as if we’re wearing a Cloak of Invisibility. Maybe it’s the white hair that puts up that Invisibility Shield; maybe it’s the wrinkles; I’m not sure what triggers this phenomenon. For example, in a room full of younger people, the […]
