Another story from my latest hospital vacay…. How did I get to be “suicidal” — at least in the minds of the nursing staff when I was last in the hospital? Had it been something I said? If it was, I can’t remember it. Was it something I’d done? I…

I sit on the den floor staring at the areas under my husband’s recliner and the loveseat, thinking that I should be doing something about the dust and the cat hair and knowing that I couldn’t. You see I was on the floor because I’d fallen — lost my balance…

I am in pain. I am 74 years old and spent most of my life working as an RN. During that time, I heard frequently Mitzi’s a big girl, she can handle it. So I was given the largest assignments with the largest patients. Then I went to administration and…

Authors note. There was a time when I posted on medium about twice a week. but not for the last year. The following Medium article is about that year. It started a year ago in July of 2021. I had to have minor foot surgery — -which was fine. However…

Everything seems to be a struggle these days. I have pain in my right arm to the point where I cannot use it to feed myself. I cannot type using that arm or hand, I cannot even brush my hair. Just putting something in the microwave is difficult — I…

Feeling not good enough yet again today. It probably all began with a bike. My sister got a bike but I did not. I was told it was because I probably would hurt myself riding one — -I was overweight and not very good physically. I was told by my…

It has been shown scientifically that people who own pets, like dogs and cats live longer and are, on the whole, happier. A dog owner must take their dog out for a walk, providing exercise that the owner might not get. …

How I became “A Friend of the President” I’m standing in the Rose Garden — yes, that Rose Garden — waiting for the President, Mrs. Clinton, the Vice President, and Mrs. Gore to come out. There’s about a dozen of us, under a canopy, in a circle around a podium…

Last year I read over 100 books and gifted myself with the T shirt pictured above. So far this year I have read one book what has happened to my reading? Books and reading were always the one of the most important things in my life. I had so many…