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This week, I’ve been listening to the Death, Sex and Money Podcast (what a great title!). In many episodes, the host talks to regular people about relationships, money, family and work. Rent topics included “I Did Surrogacy For Money”,  “Secrets, Turn-Ons, and Fantasies: Your Stories About Porn”, “Your Estrangement Calls Answered Live”. Despite the titillating…

Both national and local news have been reporting that Covid cases have been “dramatically” increasing since July. Apparently there’s yet another new variant that evades the waning immunity provided by prior infection or vaccination. Great. That’s why I decided to get the most recent recent Covid vaccine as well as my annual Flu shot this…

In response to the latest round of indictments against him, Donald Trump has declared, “In the end, they’re not coming after me. They’re coming after you — and I’m just standing in their way.” Um…nope. This is such bullshit, I am stunned at how many people fall for it. I’ve got to hand it to…

In the book, Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant, there is an essay titled Freedom vs. Equality. In it, they write that people in society who have less than the average want equality, people who have more than average want freedom. They expand on this with examples of Slaves vs. Wealthy Athenians in ancient…

Now that my new dog Sparkles has been with Wiggles and me for 2 weeks, she’s settled in as a member of our family. Getting her was one of the best things I’ve done in years. A few of the “cons” on my list for not getting a 2nd dog have proven to be true:…

Occasionally, an author or podcast host will interview a guest in their 20s or 30s who has had some success in business, entertainment, or “influencing”. These guests often credit their success to believing in themselves, working hard and manifesting what they want to happen. To me, whenever I hear about manifesting (ala “The Secret”) I…

I will be getting the latest Covid and Flu vaccines again this fall – just like I’ve done for the past few years (and for the flu vaccine, going back 25+ years). As much as I despise the pharmaceutical industry and trust them only to focus on their core concern of making as much money…

This month, I was invited by 3 different neighbors to join them at social events. Two were to church-related and the third was to a wine tasting neighborhood gathering. I was quite flattered that my neighbors thought about me and extended the invitations. It made me feel warm inside to know they wanted me to…

Before I went on the road a few years ago, I bought a tire plug repair kit and a compressor that could inflate my tires using the cigarette lighter port for power. I never needed to repair my own tire, but this setup came in quite handy one time while on the road – resulting…

When I was a little kid, my Aunt Essie babysat me all the time. She was actually my great aunt (in every sense of the word). Essie never married. She was a retired school teacher who lived in her family home with two brothers, Uncle Bob (a lifelong bachelor) and Uncle Russ (a widower). I…