Article Archives: Senior Lifestyle

Matters of the Heart, Continued

September 5, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

During several stays over the past fifty years at an eastside hospital near our home, Bill and I have received excellent care from competent, kind physicians, nurses and aides, and the menu has been upgraded. However, it’s impossible to get much sleep in health care facilities. They need to check … Read More

Labor Day

August 29, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

Labor Day used to be one of those special dates that delineated segments of our lives when I was young. Its arrival meant that summer was ending and that we’d be going back to school. These days I suspect that its main significance is as a long weekend. After the … Read More

The Treasured Wealth of Books

August 22, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

. . . When you held one of those books in your hands, you were leafing through another person’s life. Someone else had once loved that story, too. Someone else had carried that book in a backpack, devoured it over breakfast, mopped up that coffee stain at a Paris café, … Read More

Half Empty or Half Full?

August 15, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

This may appear to be a rambling par excellence, but it proceeds to a logical conclusion. I can’t resist including one more funny food wars story that was sent by Paula Nicewanger, one of the publishers of the Weekly View. “Loved your Food Wars story — I have so many … Read More

Half Empty or Half Full?

August 8, 2013 | by Rose Mary Clarke

“My cup is never half empty—it’s always half full!” — Bill’s sister, Joyce Drubert Each of us is the sum of many factors: Bits and bobs of DNA determine much of who we are. However, unlike birds and beasts who are governed by instinct, each human being has the ability … Read More