GrowingOlderHopeWiser

You made it with all your wits about you. I’ll be 70 at the end of this month. I don’t mind growing old; I just want to keep my wits about me. I don’t want anyone telling me when to eat or sleep. I want independence. That’s why I like…

The best local dish I had while traveling was in Mazatlan, Mexico. I went to a local taco place where they had Tamal en cazuelas set up with a variety of meats and fish. I had the Chicharron (pork rinds) tamal, which was delicious. Another great dish was in Panama…

Home Economics, now known as Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) or Career and Technical Education (CTE), should be brought back to all schools. These programs cover modern topics such as culinary arts, personal finance, nutrition, child development, and life skills. Some form of Woodworking and mechanics would be helpful. Maybe…

The pace of learning in elementary schools in Florida feels far too rushed. Lessons are often broken into 15-minute blocks: 15 minutes for math, 15 minutes for science, 15 minutes for social studies, and 15 minutes for library time. By then, lunch, PE, and the rest of the day are…

Meet Taz (Tazmania) she is a rescue cat I got from the Cats Exclusive 6 years ago. Her original name was Marvel. She is into cat naps all day, catnip around 4 pm and raising hell at 3 am.

I have to admit that reading some of today’s responses to this question became the catalyst I needed to move forward. I’ve been agonizing for two days over edits I needed to make, completely stuck. Don’t get stuck on perfection. Killing my little darlings hasn’t been easy. I’m learning to…

I used to worry about everything, including what people thought and whether I was awkward. I wasted a considerable amount of my life worrying about “the price of beef in China,” meaningless stuff. Looking back, you could say I was a control freak, because that is what worrying is about.…

¡Aye, aye, aye, aye! Canta y no llores. Great-grandmother Panchita’s song. She was always singing it.  If you can fix a problem, do so instead of worrying. If you cannot fix it, worrying still changes nothing.  “Don’t worry, be happy” is another version of this idea.  Celia Cruz has a…