My Mom, Rita, is 85 years old. She has the same great spirit and energy she’s always had… my Mom is the mom who ran races with us as kids, hula-hooped, did cart wheels, swam with us in the Navy Pool in San Diego and exercised every day with Jack LaLane. Recently, while visiting with my Mom’s brother in Florida… [...]

We woke up this morning to the 3rd morning of shoveling and/or cleaning off the cars. Sunday about 6 inches. Yesterday, 6 or so more. And today, another couple of inches. I’m sore. I am feeling muscle ache where muscles don’t belong. I’ve lived in New England for the greater part of my life, so you’d think I’d know how [...]

I am sitting in my kitchen, typing on my laptop.  The sun is casting beautiful shadows on my deck, and the still of the morning is wondrous.  The icy snow is still.  The trees are still.  The blue sky is interrupted only by a lone bird here and there. I am alone in my home.  It is still. This is [...]