I know. Going back to your childhood home or the home you visited when you were on vacation from college or back before you got your own pl

That's right: there's a cleaning frenzy going on. At least, that's what I'm told. Women (mostly women) are using their free time during the pandemic to cle...

So, how was your Mother's Day? Different, I'm sure. No celebratory dinners with family. No "real" hugs and kisses. Just your best attempt

"Home Town" calms me like a glass of hot milk before bed and reminds me of better times when political rancor and greed didn't dominate our

I don't know about you, but I've received more jokes, cartoons, videos, and links during the last six weeks than in the past six years. Whether via email, F...

Here comes the gray, marching along, pulverizing any shades of red or brown in its way. I'm doing all I can to sweep my hair one way or the other (Think com...

We've all seen the Before and After photos of famous actors and actresses. But it's an uncommon sight to watch some of the news anchors, reporters, commenta...

The prospect of my husband cutting my hair during this pandemic is downright frightening.

It's been a rough couple of weeks. But all is not doom and gloom.

The yellow light on the lid of my vacuum cleaner warned me that it was time to change the bag. I had a new box of bags in the basement and didn't have to wo...

It arrived amidst all the junk mail--the catalogs I never ordered, postcards from AARP, announcements about new senior communities in my area, discount coupo...

This was Mexico at its best.

The older we get, the harder it is to learn a new language.

This isn't the first time it has happened. In truth, it happens all the time. I'm in a group, say, at a concert or a play and look around me. I am surroun...

I'm a political junkie.

For those who don't speak a word of Yddish, a kvetch is a big-time complainer. My paternal grandparents spoke Yiddish when they didn't want me to understand...

If we can't laugh about aging, we're in deep sh___. "Your Immortality Application" (The New Yorker, October 28, 2019) by Cora Frazier sees our occasional que...

Whenever I wanted feedback on a piece of my writing, I would call my mother. She listened patiently as I read, sometimes stumbling over notes in the margins...

Amidst all the hoopla about the advantages of aging (self-confidence, experience, even power--badges that I have touted at length in this bl