An unusual thing happened after my mother passed… In recent years, many of my friends have told me about unusual occurrences related to the passage of a loved one. I always find these stories quite fascinating, reminding me that we are not as alone as we think we are. …

Easy camera tricks to help you improve your appearance As we age, many of us are guilty of wanting to look a little younger. The ravages of time have taken their toll on all of us, with some of us evading the aging process more successfully than others. But there…

Are you as addicted as I am? What’s with this Wordle thing? I was dumbfounded at first, but now I find myself playing along with every other schmuck in the universe. I find it very frustrating. I’ve never been very good at puzzles, so I’m not surprised at my failure…

Some of them may surprise you! Sex isn’t something that’s discussed openly among my senior friends. Is it considered taboo? Who knows? I know my libido isn’t as high as it used to be. When I was young, I thought about sex all the time. Now I have other things…

Especially those from my past! We didn’t have a 50th high school reunion last year because of Covid. Although I’ve been curious to see some of my classmates, many live too far away. So I satisfy my curiosity through Facebook and other forms of social media. …

He was such a gentle brother growing up… I haven’t seen my older brother in 27 years. Jim’s been incarcerated in a federal medical facility, a place that’s reserved for high-level white-collar crimes. Think Bernie Madoff and Anthony Weiner. He’s slated for release in January 2019. That’s too close for…

And yet he was such a pacifist…. His name was Daniel. He was part poet, part musician, and a Herman Hesse devotee. It’s hard to believe that such a soft-spoken person could also commit a gruesome murder. It’s the kind of thing that’s on almost every episode of “Dateline.” It…

The Ring Doorbell told us the truth… “She just sits there all day, and doesn’t do anything for herself,” Erika complained to me. “What do you want? She’s 93.” We were both frustrated as we went about our caregiving tasks, waiting on Dorothy, who had undergone a stroke. …