5 days agoMember-onlyDo You Know Where Your Grandparents Are Tonight?Probably having more fun than you! — As a senior, people have many pre-formed ideas about us. One is that we can't do anything athletic. I have six medals for completing half marathons and one for participating in a soccer tournament. People usually ask which son I coached. …Seniors5 min readSeniors5 min read
Published in Middle-Pause·Jan 8Member-onlyWhat do I Need to Remember to Reset My Resolve?Maybe I need to step back and remember what works for me. — I love the New Year. I love the idea of a fresh start. Most days, I wake up feeling like I get a chance to start all over again — a chance to make things better. This year has been challenging for me. I haven’t been running since the beginning…Resolutions4 min readResolutions4 min read
Nov 20, 2022Member-onlyA Good Book May Stay With You, But ‘The Good Book’ Never Leaves.Childhood memories of Sundays. In our family, the kids walked to Sunday school at 10 am, and then my parents would be at church at 11 am. The church service was finished just after noon, and we all went home together for lunch. Even though we lived just two blocks…Seniors4 min readSeniors4 min read
Published in Middle-Pause·Nov 16, 2022Member-onlyDo We Invite Men to Our Women’s Club at Middle-Pause?Here is my take on that. — At first, it seems pretty straightforward. The question asked is, do we include men in Middle-Pause? Yes or no. It is necessary to think this through and consider the benefits or possible drawbacks. These are the points I came up with for both sides of this question. No Having a place…Middle Pause3 min readMiddle Pause3 min read
Oct 28, 2022Member-onlyIf a Best Friend is How You Count Yourself Lucky, How Did I Hit the Jackpot?Sisters of the heart are what we are. — Photo by Howie R on Unsplash I first met Connie on Sept 1, 1970. We were in the graduating class of 1973 at St. Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing. At least, we hoped we would graduate. We didn’t have any idea of what we were in for. I thought nursing…Seniors5 min readSeniors5 min read
Oct 17, 2022Member-onlyWhy Waste Time Worrying About What Others Think of You?And you thought getting old was just a number. — How often did you not do something you really wanted to because of peer pressure? Were you afraid your friends would laugh? You remember how you needed to fit in as a teen. Wear the right clothing, buy cool running shoes, and sit at the cafeteria table with your friends. …Seniors5 min readSeniors5 min read
Oct 4, 2022Member-onlyLosing Your iPhone as a Senior is a Serious Problem.I have a solution. — Two days ago, I lost my iPhone. It almost makes you feel disorientated. Luckily I could use my husband’s phone to tell my friends not to text or call me. About a year ago, my husband and I decided to use an app to track my phone. If I ever…Seniors4 min readSeniors4 min read
Oct 1, 2022Member-onlyNew Improved Racing. I Have a New Style That Let’s Me Win!Winning at my age is what it’s all about — The most recent half marathon I did was pre-Covid, June 2019, in Winnipeg. I usually do a half-marathon every few years. I ran my first half-marathon when I was 41 years old. Almost 30 years later, I have a new plan. There is a unique half marathon called the Half…Running4 min readRunning4 min read
Aug 30, 2022Member-onlyGinger wasn’t just another cast member on Gilligan’s Island.Growing and making candied ginger is as much fun as being a castaway! — This spring, I learned how to make scones from the legendary Martha Stewart. Not in person, of course, but from a recipe my son’s mother-in-law sent me. Thanks Deloree. Close enough. Scones I decided to add different things to my scones. After all, they are my scones. So instead of…Ginger3 min readGinger3 min read
Aug 28, 2022Member-onlyHow Seriously Do You Want The Character To Be Incapacitated?Oxalates plants, soluble or insoluble, as the writer you decide. — The first thing to know is that there are two kinds of oxalate plants. First, there are insoluble oxalates and soluble oxalates. Insoluble oxalates include Dieffenbachia, Jack in the pulpit, elephant’s ear, skunk cabbage, philodendron, and calla lily. …Murder3 min readMurder3 min read
