Poetry, Prose and Prattle

Let's talk about aging and ageism.  About getting older and not keeping up with the times.  Gaining more wrinkles and grey hair and mayb...

When I was young, in the sixties, straight hair was all the rage.  My mom would either have my hair cut short, or when it was longer, she...

There are no Aldi’s in Colorado, where I live.   That doesn’t stop FB friends from extolling the virtues of this quirky little grocery store...

In December of 2006, I took the leap of fitness and joined the YMCA in Colorado Springs.  I had been a guest a few times in the previous mon...

Like many of my friends, I have enjoyed a few beach vacations over the years.  My family vacationed in Florida when I was in fourth grade.  ...

Water, water, everywhere.  That could be the slogan of the Finger Lakes Region of New York state.  There are eleven lakes that roughly run n...

Yesterday was Mother's Day. First celebrated in 1907, when a member of Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, Virgina had the id...