Sassy was a teeny, tiny, three-pound Yorkshire Terrier with a supersized personality and an iron grip on our hearts. She crossed the rainbow bridge last October at the age of fourteen, and because of our age and stage in life, we were resigned to her being our last dog. Before we lost her, I couldn’t imagine life without a little fur baby cuddled up on…
You may be familiar with the acronym FOMO—fear of missing out. I experienced a serious case of FOMO recently, and I am working to banish these negative thoughts from my mind. The feelings started creeping in when I logged on to Facebook to view photos posted by one of my girlfriends who is spending a month touring Tuscany. Another friend recently returned from a two-week…
Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Now that the State of New Mexico has successfully sued you/Meta for knowingly building predatory and addictive algorithms into your platforms, is there a chance for any kind of restitution for an elderly boomer for the hours upon hours I have wasted doom-scrolling Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. I hopped on that addictive hampster wheel a few years ago and have regretted it…
It’s been a terrible week, and there are times when it makes us feel better just to vent, to get our anger and nasty thoughts down on “paper”—like in the olden days when we would spill out our venom in a letter, or more recently, an email, then never mail it. That’s what this post is. We all remember the $10 million “Let them eat…
For the benefit of new readers, I’m reposting my annual March Madness message. Please tell me I’m not the only person in the world who thought March Madness was about special annual retail sales like Black Friday or Boxing Day. For weeks leading up to the big event and for the duration, I’ve been waiting for the flyers from my favourite retailers to arrive in…
After spending the last few days reading Nobody’s Girl, A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting For Justice, by Virginia Giuffre about her life before, during, and after Jeffrey Epstein, I have three comments: It is not an easy read. It is not easy to put down. It is a must read. If you are anything like me, you will feel gutted when you read how a…
