Monthly Archives: November 2018

The Apple video Here’s to the Crazy Ones is a refreshing contrast to headlines like this one: Neighbors recall synagogue massacre suspect as a loner. Yeah, yeah, perpetuating the myth that all “loners” are sick. America isn’t known for its … Continue reading →

This is a 1997 Apple ad narrated by Steve Jobs himself. It never aired because the they substituted Richard Dreyfus as the narrator before they showed it to the public. The people shown are Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther … Continue reading →

According to Eric Erickson, people between the ages of about 65 and death go through the “integrity vs despair” phase. During the integrity versus despair stage, people reflect back on the life they have lived and come away with either … Continue reading →

Wisewebwoman and Rummuser` have just written posts about excitement. Wisewebwoman asks what do we elders do and think and feel to create excitement, that type of feeling we had as children and younger adults? She talks about the things that … Continue reading →

Saturday evening I received four messages from our credit card company with the subject line Action Needed: Please confirm you made these purchases I logged onto our account to see if there was anything fishy there, and there was one … Continue reading →

I just received this email from Andy: Will be late-no clouds. High winds. Will send on my way again when finished with any new tree. 3:52 Yes, the dead trees are still falling across the roads when the winds blow. … Continue reading →

Last Sunday after they had put the chains on the truck, Kaitlin, Torben, and Andy heard a car trying to get unstuck. They had heard it earlier, but the sounds had stopped, so they thought the driver had been successful. … Continue reading →

Rummuser’s latest post, A Reason for Being, reminds me of this quote: They say stress is a killer. But I think no stress is equally deadly, especially as you get old. If your days just seem to slip by without … Continue reading →

Kaitlin, Torben and Andy were busy last Sunday too. They put the snow plow and chains on the truck. The snow plow is tricky because it’s so heavy — it has to be carefully aligned so the truck can drive … Continue reading →

Eventually Andy will have to put the Christmas tree down lower than the roof, but this was not the year. He did agree it made sense to put it up while we were up there with him. He won’t turn … Continue reading →