My mother, who is now 82, was diagnosed with dementia 1 1/2 – 2 years ago. I remember leaving the doctor’s office with her. Driving in relative silence back to her home as she clutched the receipt for her visit in her hand. She looked down at it, read the word “dementia” written in as [...]

Well. Here I am. I’ve been looking forward to being able to write this post for months. Now the day is here, the time has come, and I’m not sure how to begin.
If you’re a friend of mine, or a family member or even a regular reader of this blog, then you know the shlumping [...]

Don’t you just love it when you stumble on a great idea? I do!
Time savers, money savers, energy savers (both electrical and human), maybe even sanity savers.
I have a couple I thought I’d share with you, but I’m selfishly hoping you’ll share yours with me.
Fresh and Free Bread Crumbs
I’ve always thought it was a huge [...]

When one accepts a dare to write a blog post every day for a year, one is not thinking about the days that will come where one is too tired to think straight, much less write something interesting and witty.
That one is me.
Tonight, I’m beyond writer’s block. I’m just plum tuckered out!
But, I committed. And [...]

I just wrapped up my second season as coach of our school’s FIRST Lego League Robotics team. I won’t go into details here about what this program is. If you’re interested, look here. I’ll just say it’s a phenomenal program that teaches children 9-14 about science, technology, engineering, public speaking, teamwork, research skills and more.
That’s [...]