Okay, now I'm REALLY upset. Am I the only old person that remembers Brown vs. the Board of Education? I was a kid when the Supreme Cou...

Rebecca and I went to the zoo when it was raining off and on. A lot of the animals were asleep. A couple of male chimps were standing in t...

Some things I really miss: Having somebody I love incredibly much around every day to hug and kiss. I kissed Ron on the top of his head eve...

The best thing about being a woman is the built-in desire to love and nurture. I love that in myself and other women. Even though I'm ba...

Losing a loving partner is a bunch of losses - not just one. My dear friend Joanie told me after her husband died that when she was missing...

I guess it must just be terribly impractical or someone would have done it by now. But I would like to see someone try. Or at least talk abo...

I am so confused. It's one of those times when the true motives of the decision-makers in government are out of my realm of thinking. He...

I used to be equally afraid of physical pain and emotional pain. Both scared me to an extreme. I learned - I think from reading about natu...

I had a really tough civics teacher. Her name was Mrs. Hisaw and she was incredibly mean. Every kid in her classes was terrorized including ...

I just finished reading "Stumbling on Happiness" by Daniel Gilbert, which is a serious study of what makes people happy. It seems ...

I finally have to admit that I'm experiencing loneliness. For the first year and a half after Ron's death, I didn't really have...

I'm not sure why I've developed an interest in this. It seems frivolous on the one hand and important on the other. Why are some peo...

Springtime in the Ozarks weekend. We were married there and went back every year to celebrate. Last year the weekend was very hard. We looke...

If Ron were here, we would have a ceremony to mark the passing of Kurt Vonnegut, one of the strongest links in the bond between us. Both of...

Yesterday was my first visit back to physical therapy since my last visit to the orthopedist. I've been looking forward to going since ...

Sometime in April, sometime in the 70s, is the time the tornado came through southwest Missouri and killed my mother and grandmother. I can...

Another terribly sad event. I am so relieved that my grandson, Adam, is all right. I wish I had some words of wisdom to say over such a terr...

Can't live with them; can't live without them. Without my to do lists I would be totally lost in my life and would forget important ...

The Bible says that the root of all evil is the love of money, which would make greed the most dangerous of the seven deadly sins. But what...

It's time to get back to this. A posting every few months is no good. The last visit to the doctor was mostly good news. I can't j...