Zonk--to fall soundly asleep or relax completely. The last day of the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge. Ready to zonk out accurately describes my life at 82 at this time! I always want to finish something I've started, but completing A to Z has been a challenge. Each blog post takes one …
Life at 82: Y is for You
Yesterday, I woke up to torrents of rain. I'd already been wondering what to write about for the letter Y, and as I watched the rain, the song You Are My Sunshine came to mind. Not a warm and cozy weekend welcome! It took me awhile to find a rendition on YouTube that I liked, …
Life at 82: X is for (E)xasperation
Participating in Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge Yes, here I am so close to the end of the alphabet, and I'm cheating. I'm capitalizing on the fact that the E is silent in the word I've chosen to represent X. I had another fine X word picked out, but on the way …
Life at 82: W is for Whack
Participating in the Blogging from A to Z in April Challenge Due to my hyper chai reaction resulting in lots of lost sleep, followed by the inevitable somnolent crash, I and my body were out of WHACK yesterday. One definition is: If something is out of whack, it is not working properly, often because its …
Life at 82: V is for Vacation
I took an unexpected vacation the past few days. As I lay konked out on my couch or in bed, I had to analyze what was going on. It took me several days to figure out the sudden overwhelming fatigue. I'd been to Urgent Care because I woke up to a voluminous (another V word!) …
Life at 82: U is for Unencumbered
Thank you, WP, for the U word today! Early on, she posted the following comment on my theme of Life at 82. I replied I may use it. What she writes is very true for me. If you are older, I'm sure you will identify too. I’m in my 77th year. Is that close enough …
Life at 82: T is for Travel
Participating in the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge Less than a year ago, the far east was my limit in travel. I was still looking at cruises that folks tack on to their Australia trips. Go up north a bit. See what I could see in my lifetime. Travel booklets arrived every day, …
Life at 82: S is for Story
Participating in the Blogging from A to Z April Challenge Early on when I started this blog (2010), I often wrote about the importance of telling your story. I said if you don’t, your words will die with you. I still feel that way, only more so. Since I retired from teaching nursing in 2000, …
Life at 82: R is for Rant
Imagine my shock when I found this rant! I remembered writing one for an assignment at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, but didn't remember when, so I searched. Then I discovered I'd written this twenty years ago. My, how time flies! A rant is a bunch of fun--just go wild with whatever is on your …
Life at 82: Q is for Quote
After posting a few quotes on Life this past week that are newly meaningful to me, I naturally thought of using Quote for the letter Q. That brought me to a favorite Biblical quote that also refers to our lives. Background: In my graduate research, I studied the meaning of leisure for older persons. I …
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