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When life is overwhelming — The past two weeks have been hard. Watching my mother decline has pushed me into a fibromyalgia flare. The funny thing is—I’ve been pushing myself so hard that it took a friend to point out what’s happening. I realized last night that I have not been taking good care of…

This is government overreach at its finest — Last night on Facebook, I saw a post by the City of Greensboro (in North Carolina) about new trash and recycling rules and costs. Of course, fees are increasing. No surprise there. What really made me angry was the announcement of a fine for leaving your trash or recycling cans…

Learn to see beyond color — My favorite aunt and godmother bought me my first camera when I was ten years old. It was a Kodak Pocket Instamatic that used 110 film cartridges. I still have that camera! Fun fact: If you find any undeveloped 110 film, CVS still develops it! Of course, automatic 35mm cameras…

Don’t live in fear for the rest of your life — This piece differs from the topics I usually write about. I usually stay away from hot-button issues, but I’ve had enough of the fear mongering articles about COVID. This has to stop! Fear sells. Did you know that? It certainly does on Medium. …

What is going on here? — “It’s all water over the falls.” Boy, there are a lot of glitches on Medium lately. I have stories with claps and comments that show no reads. How is that possible? That gave me my first official story ever with 0 reads! I have another short story with claps that…

Please fix this problem — Once again, this Friday morning, I got an email from The Edition. My email settings have this digest turned off, and last week I unsubscribed from the email. Yet Medium is still sending me this weekly digest. I just marked today’s email as spam. We’ll see if that works. They…

Why is eldercare so bad in the United States? — I am in shock right now, so this will be a bit of a personal post. I have spent the past two hours trying to find out what is going on with my mother. As usual, I am getting the runaround. My mother got a new hospice nurse, and she…

Happy cats, happy home! — These two love to play and look out the front door when not napping. I got them three years apart, and I am so lucky that they love each other so much. The orange and white is male, and the solid orange one is female. Did you know that only…

They never deliver on their promises — There’s a popular article floating around this morning that appeared in my home feed. It’s a long read about how to make money online, written by an online marketer. That’s your first red flag. Marketers promote products that increase their bottom line. They don’t give a rip about helping you. …