Living the final chapters of life awakens many of us “old guys” to irrefutable realities. We feel an urgency to share values that have guided us through our long lives. We don’t want these principles…

Fasten your seatbelts for a bona fide real-life story highlighting a cautionary tale. Those of you who read this and are still young and agile and feeling that old age is eons away might tuck…

As the end of August approaches and thoughts turn toward school, college and resumption of fall schedules, it “squeaks” to shift gears. Having returned yesterday from a glorious week at our mountain timeshare cottage with…

My last article on Woman Around Town was entitled Random Acts of Kindness. If you read it, you will know it was inspired by a thoughtful phone call from the widowed husband of a sweet…

Earlier today the phone rang, and because of caller ID I almost didn’t answer it. The last name was familiar, but the number was not…I took a chance, and boy, am I ever glad! The…

Summer should be a time of carefree living, dashing off to the mountains or the beach and letting all winter doldrums flutter/wash away. That is as it should be. However, real life has an insidious…

We Americans are spoiled. We are used to having most everything we want. We have roofs over our heads, we have well stocked refrigerators, and we have closets filled with clothes for all seasons. We…

The Merry Month of May is one of my favorite months of the year. It is spring time at its most beautiful, with blossoms in full bloom, trees a lush shade of green, and floral…