Category Archives: Blog

Getting Ready for the Cold Weather

toy house is wrapped in a warm scarf with an autumn leaf. The concept is warm, cozy, loving, protecting the house.

It might not be too cold yet where you live, but the cold is coming. We’ll need warm clothes, a snug house and our heaters need to be in good working order. Heating our homes can be costly, so keeping that warm air where it belongs can save a lot of money. Weather stripping around […]

The Women’s Movement Comes to Alzheimer’s

Women

At a time when various movements have been reenergized to take new aims against sexual abuse, workplace inequality, and political threats to women’s rights, another common cause has surfaced: Alzheimer’s disease. A statistic commonly bantered about is that in the United States, every 65 seconds a new brain develops Alzheimer’s. Most people assume the prevalent, […]

A World of Books

Stack of books

When I stepped through the door, I remember thinking that my life would never be the same again. The smell of dust and old leather filled the space and the books seemed to grow like tress from the floor to the ceiling. I could feel the magic of exciting adventures that were just waiting for […]

Money Follows the Person—Unless It Doesn’t

Moving into nursing home

Updated April 2025 A federal program that has made it possible for more than 88,000 seniors and people with disabilities to make the transition they craved — moving from nursing homes back into houses, apartments, and group homes in their communities — is now being threatened with budget cuts and possible extinction. The legislation was […]

Don’t Give Up!

Sunset or sunrise

A little over a month ago, my daddy seemed to be on death’s door. “I don’t hurt, Angel,” he said to me. “I just don’t have any strength.” Of course I worry. And Mama worries. She was even warning me that Daddy might not make it more than a few months. Broke my heart! But […]

The Magic of Movies

At the movies

With a few welcome exceptions, TV shows and films about aging most often feature dire and dour stereotypes of the later years of life. It can be downright depressing. But challenge yourself to keep a straight face while watching the iconic scene from the 1952 “I Love Lucy” episode in which Lucy and Ethel have first delicious, then […]

How Did You Live, Way Back Then?

Karen Family Prairie

I’ve always been fascinated by the stories my family members have told me. I’m fortunate to have always had a curious mind, even as a child. I asked my granny about her wedding day in 1916 and heard the story from her own mouth. Sitting on her bed next to her old treadle sewing machine, […]