Paradise Lost, Paradise Found
February is the month I like to escape to warmer climes and I’m sure you can’t blame me. Cold weather just doesn’t suit me. My guy and I usually go to the US as we love America despite its shortcomings … Continued
Now Is the Time to Play Mind Games
Another new year and more resolutions to make. Get fit. Join a gym. Lose ten pounds. Yeah, right. I don’t think so as we both know we will never stick to our plan. Suffice to say, we have to move. … Continued
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. The phrase ‘ashes to ashes’ expresses the notion that we come from dust and we return to dust. It’s kind of ironic I write to you about ashes and dust when we are in … Continued
Hurry Up and Wait
Hurry up and wait! That’s what it feels like as I sit here patiently waiting for my turn to get the much anticipated COVID-19 vaccine. Alas, as a younger Zoomer, I am too old for one and too young for … Continued
Memories of Love
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all write a beautiful love sonnet like Elizabeth Barrett Browning! Most of us are not poets, but we have loved someone. During these … Continued
A Creative Vaccine
Happy New Year! With 2020 now a haunting memory, we can look forward to 2021 when hopefully we will witness the end of this wretched pandemic and receive a much-awaited shot in the arm. Literally. As in vaccines. But until … Continued
A COVID Christmas
‘Twas the night before Christmas and Santa was tired The pandemic was raging, and his elves had been fired He begged to his reindeer, “Please help me tonight!” But they froze in their tracks then ran out of sight. Santa … Continued
High School Reunion
We don’t need no education We don’t need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the classroom Teachers leave them kids alone! Although Pink Floyd hadn’t yet written these lyrics when I was in high school, the song Another Brick … Continued
Rhinestones, Redheads and Retirement
Another one bites the dust. Another Zoomer has left us…one of our own. Someone who was part of the tapestry of our youthful angst and longing. Glen Campbell, the Rhinestone Cowboy has died at the age of 81, having finally … Continued
Staying Young at Heart
“Cutting the lawn and growing tomatoes.” This was the response of a dapper nonagenarian, Howard, when asked what being an active senior meant to him. At age 90, he still lives with his wife Ellen (87) in their own White … Continued