Busy Busy Busy

Busy Busy Busy

  This week my life took a new direction, which can be good, but I’m puzzling a bit about this twist and turn. It seems my life is not my own, which makes me cranky. I’m used to sitting in front of my window watching my neighbors stroll by, some with dogs, some with...
Wrinkly Giggles

Wrinkly Giggles

  A Blog by Gail Cushman   As you know, my grandmother often said, “There’s a bus leaving tomorrow, I might as well be on it,” so I got on a bus this week. Accompanied by a dozen other “women of a certain age,” except for one, who was about age forty,...
Whipped Cream and Other Things

Whipped Cream and Other Things

In the past two years, I’ve become a useless sloth when it comes to cleaning, but reality hit today when I spilled a half empty carton of whipping cream in the refrigerator, and it leaked all over, dripping even into my veggie bins. I threw up my hands because I had...
Looking Backward

Looking Backward

You’re not going to believe what I found! I was looking for something, (I have forgotten what because I got so excited about my discovery). I have opened and closed that drawer a hundred times and never saw it, but today sitting on the top of a pile was my mother’s...
Up & At ‘Em

Up & At ‘Em

I often wake up at four or five in the morning and peel myself out of bed on the pretense of having lots to do, but really, it’s because I went to bed earlier than most people do and am anxious for the smell of coffee. But this morning, I woke up at seven-thirty, I’m...