A Story for my Husband Date: 2020 Source: The Economic Intelligence Unit of the Bureau of Economic Analysis: People 50 years old and above contribute $8.3 trillion to the U. S. economy and create an additional $745 billion is value through unpaid activities such as family care-giving and volunteering. Their economic impact is equivalent toContinue reading “Senior Economics”
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Welcome Rain from Typhoon Merbok
A Story for my Husband Date: September 14, 2022 Place: The Pacific Ocean 2,000 miles east of Japan Typhoon Merbok is making it’s way toward Alaska, flanked by Typhoon Muifa and Tropical Storm Nanmadol, which are helping steer it to the north. It is set to slam into the jet stream and change the weatherContinue reading “Welcome Rain from Typhoon Merbok”
A Life of Service
A Story for my Husband Queen Elizabeth II died this week at the age of 96, reigning as Great Britain’s monarch for 70 years. Seventy years of service – a lifetime of service. A life well-lived. What better way is there but to live one’s life than in service to others, going about doing goodContinue reading “A Life of Service”
Very Special Delivery
A Story for my Husband Place: YMCA in Longmont, Colorado Date: July 24, 2022 One hot Sunday afternoon, Tessa Rider and her husband Matthew Jones went to the pool at the YMCA to cool off. At the time, Tessa was nine months pregnant. Not long after they arrived, Tessa’s water broke and she went intoContinue reading “Very Special Delivery”
Stories
Today is our wedding anniversary; my husband and I have been married for fifty years. Literally fifty years. We only knew each other two weeks when we got married. At the time, it seemed like a good idea. Apparently it still is because fifty years later, here we are. Sort of. Even though we areContinue reading “Stories”
Objects in a Bag 