How could you not remember? Memory is a funny thing. We forget things that should be memorable and remember trivia. Why do we forget?

To paraphrase a Florida TV ad, when traveling I miss my bathroom most. I miss my comfort-height toilet. Includes other bathroom issues.

After a long day prepping for a party, I felt exhausted. I thought “I’m getting too old for this. I never used to get this tired. Or did I?

Of all the reasons to join a book club, one website gave the best reason – you might live longer. At least that’s what Scribd.com says.

A friend asked how I keep up with exercise, especially during and after Covid. It’s difficult now that I’m retired. When I worked, I had...

A a certain age, when we forget something, we worry about dementia. We see friends and loved ones slip into an unknown world. Am I next?

I had trouble trying to stand from my recliner. That started me thinking about how aging has made it harder to do a lot of things.

It’s always a challenge taking my statin pill. It’s tiny. It's a tiny little pill, about the size of this “O,” in other words invisible to my naked eye. When I try to tap just one out of the bottle several pour out like sand. Once I get them in my hand, they slip between the gaps in my fingers. I end up dropping some, then I have to find them before the cat does. Who knows what would happen if the poor cat ate it? His orange fur might turn purple (1) or worse yet, he could ge

I’ve never been a Super Bowl fan. Or a football fan. I don’t know Drew Brees from Drew Barrymore, the Arizona Cardinals from the St....

It’s been a problem many women have struggled with most of their life. Getting a dance partner. As many as 65% of men don’t like to dance.

My body tells me its 76 but I still want to jump up and dance when I hear 60s music. I have an 18 year old brain in an old body.

Warning – Sensitive Content about Naughty Bits* You mostly know what to expect as you age. Creaky joints, sagging skin, hearing problems,...

As a child, Christmas was a time of joy for me. A time of togetherness, special songs, twinkling lights and, as a northerner, the...

In the 70s,’ it’s a gas’ meant cool. great, super. Once you reach your 70s, it’s a gas becomes literal: some of us feel like methane...

It seems there is a lot of boomer* bashing in the media these days. Articles like “ 40 things All Baby Boomers Think Are Cool ”...

Sometimes I feel like the Pete Seeger song, “My get up and go has got up and gone.” (1) I don’t seem to have the motivation to do things...

I know many of you might cringe at this proclamation: I like Zoom (FaceTime, Skype, etc.). I like celebrating birthdays with distant...

It’s one of those nights when every cell in my body seems to protest sleep. My hips hurt. It’s too hot or too cold. It's a three pee night.

I used to play Something, by George Harrison, in my head as I walked to remind me to walk gracefully. I no longer glide gracefully. I...

Every Sunday America’s Funniest Home Videos gets uproarious laughter with videos of people falling. But for many seniors, including me,...