After learning tea bags may contain microplastics, one senior blogger spirals into comic panic—then decides joy matters more than plastic particles.

Did I Ever Really Have Control? It seems I’ve lost control of my life, or if I’m honest, did I ever really  have control? When we were younger, we planned things out. Carefully. Methodically. If you’ve been following my blog, you know that I am a bit of a spreadsheet lady. A spreadsheet for choosing a new house.A four–page spreadsheet for holiday open houses.A spreadsheet for choosing a cat—just kidding. Our cats chose us. We were merely staff. Still, I’m nowhere near Ernest