Category: aging
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That Second Law
…or Deconstruction continued Entropy—you know, the thermodynamic principle that order always proceeds toward disorder? Well, entropy and I became intimately acquainted in the broad sense in the autumn of 2024, as our little addition got snagged by one problem after another. I should say that not all of it was…
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Deconstruction
The following events are true. Names have been changed or omitted, but the details remain unaltered…at least, as far as my overtaxed brain will allow…. In the spring of 2024, my husband and I decided it was time to assess our situation. We loved our near century-old Tudor house, but…
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Bits and Pieces
I had a wad like this in my hands earlier. I could leave little sticky notes for myself all over the house, particularly in the laundry room, on the washing machine door, and I would still forget some of the tissues I had stuffed deep into the pockets of every…
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The Moving Finger
The moving finger writes; and having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. (From the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, translated by Edward FitzGerald) Sometimes, I walk past a mirror…
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Rebirth
A house I love is coming down. i saw the fence around it today, the dumpster in the driveway, equipment ready nearby, and signs on the front lawn foretelling the inevitable. It’s a charming house. Ivy covered brick Tudor, with lannon stone steps, gracefully arched roof lines and dormers that…
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Care
I will try to be brief, as my time is in short supply these days. I had not intended to post, and considered letting this blog lapse, but a couple of things have been sticking me, like an itch that isn’t easily reached. If you have been thrust into the…
