Life Lessons Articles

Get ready – here it comes – the secret to happiness….drum roll please…  Stop doing stuff that makes you unhappy!  Ta-da! I know, you think that is stupid, too simple, ridiculous.  But before you dismiss it, hear me out.  I used to read a certain publication (that shall remain nameless) that made me angry every […]

I have a thing for true crime.  Started with avid reading in my youth.  First it was fantasy and science fiction.  Sci-fi often bordered on horror, so I migrated to Stephen King and Clive Barker.  Then I realized it was scarier if the horror was real!  So here I am some 40 years later reading […]

Oh, the things we take for granted!  After that pipeline leak, several of the gas stations near me ran out of gas.  I never considered the impact not having ready access to gasoline would have on me.   I felt like I was in an episode of The Walking Dead – driving from gas station to […]

I’ve always said we lie best when we lie to ourselves.  And apparently I’ve been lying to myself for years about how many calories I really need.  I used all the online calculators, I entered all my stats and I thought I knew what to do to lose weight.  Then I bought a FitBit HR. […]

Average female life expectancy in the US is about 81 years old. Let’s just say I’m well past the halfway mark. Which I figure makes me wise (look, you either gotta go with old or wise and I’m going with wise). And I’m pretty darn happy, so I’m going to offer all you young whippersnappers […]