Thanksgiving 2024: Still Thankful

2024 was a challenging year in so many ways. But I prefer to focus on the positive. To focus on hope. After all, I am a self-professed Pollyanna. 😉 With credit to my friend, Anne Wayman, who started this tradition of a Thanksgiving list, it’s time again for...

Google Has Happy Fitbit Users Screaming

Don’t you hate when you are perfectly happy with a product and the next thing you know, the company changes it? Sure, some people struggle with change. I attempt to embrace it. But, like numerous longtime Fitbit users, I was not happy with recent changes made by...

Has the AI Horse Already Escaped the Barn?

Did you watch Oprah Winfrey’s special, AI and the Future of Us? If you’re like me, you don’t entirely trust artificial intelligence (AI) nor do you completely reject it as a tool. Oprah interviewed key players in the AI movement including Open AI...

Teaching an Old Lady New Tricks

This old lady believes every day is an opportunity to learn something new. However, some things we’d rather not know. While others are endlessly fascinating. Then there are those times that overwhelm. Lord knows I have had more than a few of those times with my...

Hello Hope, My Old Friend

Hello, Hope, my old friend. You have been missed. I’ve had sleepless nights, searching for you behind closed doors. Doors closed by hate, by cruelty, and a world I do not recognize. When despair did all it could to bring us down, you were there. Waiting. Never...

The #1 Lousy Thing About Getting Older

It started with a birthday. The sudden awareness of a date that had memories and pain gushing back. June 18 is the birth date of one of my dearest friends. Sadly, Sandy chose to leave this earth by her own hand. The passing of Robin Williams years ago prompted me to...