Below are a few featured essays from Susan’s blog: Life-Change-Compost. These short pieces feature aging with panache and a dash of moxie. Quirky and honest, these are stories of love and friendship, of the losses that come with living, of the beauty of the earth…stories to hopefully lighten your day.
Hospital Gowns Get Breezy
Hey Boomers! Good news from the front lines of health care: the iconic hospital gown has been re-designed.
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Bouquet to Remember
I don’t think it matters where you put down your roots, home is where you commit to loving the rituals of the season and those that share them with you. These tender duties to a patch of ground: to the people, animals, and plants who live here have changed everything.
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Aging: The + and – of One Woman’s List
Some of you know that I write about the experience of aging. I look at aging as a kind of pilgrimage into a foreign land with no visa.
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Envy No One…Ever
From one point of view, the statement doesn’t need commentary. We all know envy is bad juju and almost as superstitious. But do we think about WHY?
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Grateful for Paddy
There is only one way I know to completely quiet myself down before the holiday season and that is through gratitude. It’s the only thing that has ever really worked for me. And believe me, I’ve tried a lot of things.
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May My Mind Come Alive Today
Rest in Peace and Love my beautiful sister. I will miss you so.
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The Garden is to the Gardener
When you are a gardener, you must consider that friend and foe alike come daily to the gates of the city. The gardener must be vigilant and welcome, but fearsome to strangers with uncertain appetites.
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Re-thinking New Year’s Resolutions
The overarching theme was the wonderfulness of doing nothing and having that be the best resolution of all.
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Life Beyond Cancer: When the Mind is Not Your Friend
Anxiety is a hag who will jump on any synapse that will have her.
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First Garden: Do Unto Your Dirt
What you need to know about a first garden is that people will be moved to deliver lectures. This was okay with me because I needed them. From the very beginning of my gardening life, people preached to me about dirt. You ust know your dirt, they said. You must test your dirt, amend your dirt, mulch your dirt. Do Unto Your Dirt. Early on I got lessons in how to make compost which is both the holy grail of gardening, AND a terrific way to feel so damned virtuous you can hardly stand yourself.
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