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5 May 2024 2 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead
It's T-minus one day until we head out on another cycling adventure of a lifetime. We are flying to Europe and then we will be visiting five countries over the course of the next three weeks on a bicycle built for two. We are flying our nine-foot-lon...
28 Apr 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Namae
Last week I moved out of my rental. While emptying the pantry we found one of those shameful, sad hamburger buns. You know the type: you have 3 hamburgers and 4 buns, so one of those gets forgotten and shoved to the depths of your pantry, getting all...
26 Apr 2024 5 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
This past weekend I had the opportunity to visit my son and his family. He has two daughters, who are three years old and five years old. They are joyful, fun-loving, energetic and very tiring kids (in a good way), and we love them to death. The olde...
18 Apr 2024 8 minute read 3 comments 7th Decade Redhead
In the early days of our relationship, my husband used to say, "I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken." After 40 years of togetherness, I don't hear him say that anymore. Why? Because he's old enough and wise enough to realize that if you a...
14 Apr 2024 2 minute read 4 comments Namae
I just watched a documentary titled Better brain health: we are what we eat. I know I watched it a couple of summers ago because my cable provider has it on demand every now and then. I remembered some of the things stated in the film as they made an...
13 Apr 2024 4 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead
I've mentioned before that I can easily get sucked into the world of Facebook and Instagram reels which offer a lot of dietary information, most of which I tend to ignore because you really can't trust what people are saying when their goal is gainin...
11 Apr 2024 9 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead
There is a lot of talk on the internet about skipping breakfast, or rather having a large period of time between the previous evening's meal and the first meal the following day. Morning is my leisure time so I'm all about breakfast (and coffee). I'...
8 Apr 2024 7 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I thought this topic was sort of a 'one and done' post but apparently the ordinary course of my life has circled me around back to it. Yes, most of us are putting off unpleasant (and sometimes even pleasant) tasks or conversations that need to happen...
6 Apr 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Namae
Two weeks ago we woke up at 2:30(am) in order to be ready to get in the car with my dog at 3:30. Then we drove six and a half hours to the coast where we were to take the boat. We arrived on time, even early but getting on the boat was a bit stressfu...
4 Apr 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I'm back at home after a few weeks of whirlwind travel, visiting relatives. I went to visit a cousin for a few days in Florida, and a few days after I got back, my husband and I drove about eight hours to visit his cousins on the Gulf coast, cousins...
