JustOlder

It's Easier to Laugh, than Fight

2010-02-10T13:15:21-08:00

I don’t want to wind up like so many older couples who go to restaurants and sit stiffly, like frozen popcicles, staring at anything but each other. It’s true that my husband’s eyes sometimes glaze over in the middle of...

It May be Jacks, but I'm Still in the Game

2010-01-26T20:05:40-08:00

Apart from any serious medical problems, I'm convinced that one reason we start "feeling old" is because we stop acting young. It is a theory I have not exactly researched, but I know I feel less Old Fogey-ish when I...

The Law of Looking Stupid

2010-01-16T13:37:34-08:00

There is the Law of Physics, the Law of Diminishing Returns, the Law of Gravity and the Law of the Land. After nearly twenty-seven years of marriage, my husband and I have also discovered the Law of Looking Stupid. It...

The Secret only Adults Know

2010-01-11T16:07:46-08:00

It was the early 1960’s and with my new license, I was driving our white De Soto on Robertson Boulevard, toward town. All the windows were down, the antennas on the tail fins were up, and the radio was blaring...

The Incredible Shrinking Brain

2010-01-02T12:35:16-08:00

I was feeling a little gloomy the other day, so I ran some errands, just to get out of the house. When I turned on the car radio, someone was explaining how studies show that people who get depressed also...

Wrestling with the Christmas Tree

2009-12-17T10:15:56-08:00

We finally got our Christmas tree up but, as I write this, we are recouping with cups of hot cider and a box of Band-Aids. We’ve also started to speak to each other again, although we’re using very short sentences....

So Why'd You Get Married, Anyway?

2009-12-05T12:58:55-08:00

Before I met and settled down with the love of my life, I asked lots of people what it was that made them decide to get married. No one ever gave me a cogent answer, or at least not one...

The Art of Licking the Bowl

2009-11-30T13:21:18-08:00

My husband is more adventurous than I when it comes to new cuisines, but he is definitely less committed to food, in general. In fact, he is so far removed from the realities of appetite that he thinks you should...

A Virulent Strain of Hickies

2009-11-23T20:12:19-08:00

Disease are always scary and, like most people, I get concerned when I see evidence of something going around. There is a new virile strain of something called "Hickies," and it seems to be reaching epidemic proportions. Those poor people...

Grandma's Outfits - Then and Now

2009-11-10T09:36:49-08:00

When they were my age, my grandmothers would not have dressed the way I do, because it would have been totally "improper", and un-lady-like. In fact, were they to see how I dress at this time of life, they would...