I’m not exactly Lady MacBeth, but she and I may have the same problem. I recently did the cataract removal thing and am proud to report that I can see everything I need to see and somethings I don’t...
Category: Health and Wellness
Are You Afraid at Home?
For crying out loud, YES! I had my Medicare exam a few days ago and the doctor recited all the questions that Medicare decided were pertinent for old people, us wrinkly bits. Do you have throw...
I Can See Clearly Now, Mostly
These days I am walking like a drunken sailor, one of my eye’s cataracts is forever gone, and the other eye is still filled with whatever cataracts are made of, something like soap puddles, making...
Lessons on Loneliness from Small Town America
This morning I read a Facebook post talking about loneliness, that is, the difficulty of living alone. I get that. Being alone is hard. Being with others gives us the opportunity to laugh, argue,...
My Daily Goals
I’m a one-armed blogger this week…two weeks out of a shoulder replacement. It was a reverse job, but I’m unsure what that means. The doc explained it twice, and I tried to listen twice, but it went...
It Ain’t Easy
My mother told me there would times like this, but I didn’t believe her. I should have. I’m a perfect 76-year-old specimen, just ask my doctor, but if that’s true, why does every bone in my body...
The OEB
I must be the most confused person in the world. It has to do with trash, and I don’t get why I have three trash containers and dedicate at least two hours a week to trash sorting and collection....
Ode to My Little Toe
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Ode to My Little Toe I love doctors, yes, I do. I appreciate their knowledge, many years of schooling, and realize I am but one person passing through their...
Balancing Nature
A Blog by Gail Cushman I’m on my annual January/February diet. The holidays take a toll on my body, and I always vow to lose weight, sometimes I do, other times, I don’t. This year is one of those...
Cookies and Java
Tom and I spent a couple months in Mexico in 1993 because we both needed to learn Spanish and the evening classes at CSI in Twin Falls weren’t quite doing their job. I taught ESL and Tom, as a...
Breaking News
I have a mantra that I recite every morning as I look in the mirror, wondering who that old person is who is staring back at me. Gray hair and wrinkles and the hardware that sits on my nose and in...
My Biological Clock Is on the Fritz
Have you ever gotten out of bed and realized nothing was working right? That was this morning. I went to bed at the same time as always last night and felt terrific and this morning I didn’t....
Ode to Zucchini
Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman I’m a vegetable person and nothing beats home-grown tomatoes and corn and strawberries and I spend most of my annual food budget in the vegetable section at...