Category Archives: humor

Restraining the inner shopper

Posted on December 17, 2014 by stillalife

December is the time of year when we expand our collections of stuff. The problem is that by a certain age, most of us have accumulated enough stuff.  I’m doing my best to keep new stuff out of the house, … Continue reading →

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Driving without a license

Posted on December 11, 2014 by stillalife

I wasn’t expecting to receive a letter a few days before Thanksgiving that began like this: “A recent review of our records shows that as of November 10, 2014, your driver license/ID card is expired.” My birthday is in August, … Continue reading →

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The perfect Christmas gift

Posted on November 23, 2014 by stillalife

As I exited the library the display of cookbooks, each with “chocolate” in its title, stopped me cold. I’d been struggling to think of Christmas gifts I could make. The books provided me an instant answer. This year I would … Continue reading →

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Are you ready for these glasses?

Posted on October 12, 2014 by stillalife

As part of preparing to attend my high school reunion, I couldn’t resist looking at my senior picture in the yearbook.  And what did I notice first?  The glasses. I started wearing glasses at age eight, which gave my mother … Continue reading →

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Wanted: Electric Cart “Drivers’ Ed.”

Posted on July 7, 2014 by stillalife

This is the story of how an injury pushed me into a new adventure and a study of human nature. Ever since mid-June, when a horse — okay, a large pony — dumped me without ceremony onto hard soil, walking … Continue reading →

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Origami has gone beyond paper cranes

Posted on June 9, 2014 by stillalife

Origami is the art of paper-folding; it shares something in common with paper cutting, namely, that both look simpler to do than they are. Ever tried to fold a crane? How about a thousand cranes? According to one Japanese legend, … Continue reading →

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Christie Brinkley, Chuck Norris and me

Posted on March 31, 2014 by stillalife

Ever since my mom suffered from Alzheimer’s I’ve worried about my brain. (Friends say I should have started worrying sooner.) I’ve read that strenuous exercise can provide some protection against dementia — more than doing crossword puzzles and having a … Continue reading →

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Salt therapy

Posted on March 19, 2014 by stillalife

Today’s blog provides much-needed contrast to an earlier one I wrote about spending a large chunk of a day with friends at a women’s spa where everyone ran around naked and a technician gave us a scrub that removed at … Continue reading →

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Advice for wannabe Frenchwomen

Posted on February 3, 2014 by stillalife

Do you want to look more like a French woman? I just finished a book that gave me the finer points on “timeless beauty, style and substance,” so I could be more French. The author, an American who has lived … Continue reading →

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A small world for people and cats

Posted on January 28, 2014 by stillalife

Even if scientists have shown it takes more than six steps to connect any two people in the world, experience tells us that the small world factor is often at work. The day after my husband and I adopted our … Continue reading →

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