Category Archives: current events/themes

Labor saving devices?

Posted on September 5, 2017 by

“Alexa, feed my cat.  Alexa, write my term paper and then scrub the kitchen floor.” According to a recent New York Times article, people are falling in love with digital assistant Alexa, Amazon’s voice service found in several of its … Continue reading →

Posted in current events/themes, health, technology | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

My first eclipse

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

During next week’s solar eclipse (92% of totality occurring where I live) I managed, inadvertently, to schedule a doctor’s appointment. Still, I am thankful I have my memories of July 11, 1991.  That’s when my husband and I witnessed a total … Continue reading →

Posted in current events/themes, travel | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Escaping brand names while you travel

Posted on July 1, 2017 by

With a global economy and a growing number of people from developed countries traveling to other countries, sometimes the modern world looks the same no matter where you are. With widespread immigration, residents of many European countries and the U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in current events/themes, personal reflections, travel | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Tourists, tourists, tourists, when will they stop coming?

Posted on June 24, 2017 by

This past month is the longest I’ve gone in 10 years without producing a blog.  I have a good excuse for June, namely, that my husband and I took a three-week trip and returned tired and jet-lagged, sneezing and coughing. … Continue reading →

Posted in current events/themes, travel | 8 Comments

Alternative medicine?

Posted on May 6, 2017 by

Marijuana is so sixties and seventies, we said a few years ago, after voters in our state passed an initiative to permit the sale of it in authorized stores. Who in our generation would be interested at this point in our … Continue reading →

Posted in current events/themes, humor | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Happiness eludes most Americans

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

Ever since Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence and declared that the pursuit of happiness was our inalienable right, many Americans have felt the need to make this pursuit their number one priority. So that must make us a happy lot. Right? … Continue reading →

Posted in current events/themes, inspiration, personal reflections | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Narrow escape from Grinchiness

Posted on December 12, 2016 by

I think I’m becoming a Grinch, the Doctor Seuss furry recluse character, who scorns the Christmas season in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” What has caused my grumpiness towards a holiday beloved by nearly all children and many adults? I guess it’s the … Continue reading →

Posted in current events/themes, personal reflections | 4 Comments

Reining in post-election anxieties

Posted on December 4, 2016 by

A few evenings ago, I was enjoying a music program by three baritones in an intimate setting, enjoying it, that is, until the singers descended upon the small audience in search of one or two women willing to join them for their next … Continue reading →

Posted in current events/themes, personal reflections | 3 Comments

Old Year’s resolutions

Posted on November 26, 2016 by

I’ve been riding an emotional wave this month, sinking deeply into the troughs and rising skyward with the crests.  The trough came on election day, the same day I received a rejection letter from an editor who had acted very interested in receiving my manuscript … Continue reading →

Posted in current events/themes, personal reflections | 3 Comments

What to do when we can’t control everything

Posted on October 31, 2016 by

Blog ideas and free time have been in short supply lately. However, something I found in my inbox today struck me as a worthy topic, especially as we’re still hoping that the eternal presidential election cycle will actually come to an end. … Continue reading →

Posted in current events/themes, personal reflections | 1 Comment