How i went from 'getting old' to 'being old' Lifestyle preachers may talk about "70 being the new 50" by profiling some 85-year-old guy who swims a mile a day in Lake Michigan in the middle of January. Such inspirational epistles never impressed us though. Less so after my husband Stew underwent serious spinal surgery …
Category: Blogging
The welcome sound of silence
At daybreak, the best noise is none at all This morning we woke up to utter silence, except for the soft whoosh of a dry creek, about five hundred feet outside our bedroom window, that had come to life after a hellacious rainstorm overnight. Then our three cats began their daily chorus of meowing, clamoring …
Welcome, old timers and newcomers
I’ve been publishing a blog for about 12 years, mostly about the experiences of my husband and I since we moved to San Miguel de Allende in 2005, and felt it was time to redesign the blog and fix a couple of glitches. I hope veteran readers and newcomers as well like the new look. …