As we get older, we begin to miss the simplicity of a time when our focus was on getting out of a chore, or choosing what to wear to school, or wondering how we would make it through chemistry or French. The complexities of the world were not thrown in our faces every day … Read more
I love books. I read them one page at a time, savoring the words, ingesting them like a fine wine. I like books that paint vivid images and invoke feelings. I like books that allow me to become the characters. My spouse loves books, too, but he goes through them like I go through … Read more
I love the silence of my laptop, the words on the page are soothing because they can be read and don’t have to be spoken aloud. I hear them in my head. Their dialogue is crisp and clear. I don’t have to strain forward to get their inflection. Gradual hearing loss is sneaky. It creeps … Read more
My Memorial Day story happened a long time ago, but I won’t say how long to protect my daughter who looks at least ten years younger than she is. I woke up to the radio blaring a pre-race broadcast from Indianapolis Speedway. Reaching over to turn it down, I paused. A rather sharp pain … Read more
My memory isn’t the greatest. Ask me what I had for lunch yesterday and I’ll probably wrinkle my forehead, twitch my nose, and then proclaim in a loud voice, “Leftovers!” But I’ve recently discovered a trait I didn’t know I had. My body remembers things my mind has forgotten. We just finished a five day … Read more