Ten years ago, I posted twice about the wisdom of encouraging young people to learn to code, Mothers Make Sure Your Daughters Grow Up To Be Coders, and, Both My Left and Right Brains Say…
Posts tagged zoomer
The Call of The Klondike Still Echoes
There may not be a better form of reading escapism than a good, old, rootin’, tootin’ story of historical fiction set in the Klondike during the gold rush days in the late 1800s. The Rush…
Is Your Body In Sync With Your Natural Sleep Rhythms?
There is a very good explanation for why I like to sleep so much. I was genetically engineered to need above-average amounts of sleep. When I was five years old, my mother had to enroll…
Does This Scarf Make Me Look Old and Fat?
As if I don’t have enough insecurities already about my fashion choices, The New York Times columnist Alisha Haridisani Gupta has given me one more thing to keep me awake worrying at night. In her…
Dementia Puts A Different Spin On The Meaning Of Love on Valentine’s Day
Last week, when I stood in the card aisle at the drug store picking out an appropriate Valentine’s Day card for my husband, I acknowledged a new reality in my life. My husband has dementia,…
When Do We Age Out Of Having A Pet?
Anyone who has ever owned a pet understands the extreme grief we experience when a beloved pet reaches the end of the yellow brick road and crosses the rainbow bridge. It is agonizing. I’ve had…