For his 11th Christmas, the only thing my son wanted was a BB gun. My hesitation was overruled. My husband had grown up hunting and was in the Army, so getting the first gun was a rite of passage. It was a hit on Christmas morning. With present-unwrapping over, my husband set up a target in the backyard while I relaxed with a…
Sometimes it is hard not to check my work email at night right before I go to bed. If a client name or an interesting subject header happens to catch my eye when I am checking the weather on my phone before I turn out my light to go to sleep, I have to click.…
Yes! I know every shape and form of poison ivy and its cousins, poison oak and poison sumac and would not venture within 10 feet of any of it. So how can I get it, despite my avoidance of the plants? Here are a few possible ways: 1. My dog! Yes, my sometimes-wonderful pet is…
Are times changing? On the topic of climate change, the Pope says yes. Department of Defense (DoD) says yes. Insurance companies say yes. And Congress says no. Whether from an anti-science bias or pro-money desire to placate fossil fuel industry contributors, members of Congress will not be getting priority boarding on NOAA’s ark. 98% of…
Since I wrote about healthcare proxies last week, I discovered that you can download them for free, including instructions for how to complete them. Now there is really no excuse not to have them executed! Just put “healthcare proxy” into a search engine (i.e. “Google® it”). There are usually forms at the official government sites of…
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