after all these years… Continue reading
OK, I GUESS it’s time to clean up my act (don’t say it) by cleaning out my miscellaneous file. Remember, miscellaneous does not mean unimportant.… Continue reading
WOW, I FEEL vaguely … deficient. There’s a new thing to be afraid of (well, new to me) and I’d completely missed the whole thing.… Continue reading
EVERY YEAR AT about this time, the U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and probably several dozen other… Continue reading
GREED IS AN amazing thing, but that isn’t news. Pretty much, it seems that if there’s a way to get blood out of a turnip,… Continue reading
WHERE IN THE world is the Information & Assistance office? We’re still in Sequim. We just moved to 609 W. Washington St., Suite 16. Don’t… Continue reading
it is my job to know the best… Continue reading
THIS IS AN aside. Maybe because I’m beginning with it, it’s an affront. No, I intended no affront. All I intended was to warn everyone… Continue reading
I’M ALL ATWITTER. I have a new acronym to play with! Ready? It’s LTCTA. … Hmm … that’s not near as much fun, when you… Continue reading
THIS IS GOING to be one of those “gobbledygook” columns, meaning that it’s going to be about a couple of specific programs. If everything is… Continue reading
PEOPLE TALK TO me a lot about death, disease and disability. Often, but not always, it’s older people (older than they were, I guess). They… Continue reading
the all too common occurrence of folks (usually younger) addressing elders with “honey/sweetie/dearie,” and all-too-often… Continue reading
Take survey on area plan for Olympic Area Agency on Aging
IN CASE YOU’VE been rudely rousted from a comfy coma in the past six hours, today is Mother’s Day. I can’t imagine any other reason… Continue reading
I WAS GIVEN a gift the other day, but I don’t think it was intended for me. Here’s what happened: A gal I work with… Continue reading
MAYBE IT’S THE time of year, I don’t really know, but this has been coming up a lot lately, so here I go again. Most… Continue reading
MONEY. MONEY. MONEY. I’m hoping to get your attention. How did I do? Some of you, with better long-term memories than mine (which is almost… Continue reading
HERE’S AN EMAIL I received the other day. In addition to the gentleman’s obvious good taste in column-writers, he makes a good point: “Just wondering… Continue reading
THIS IS WEEK 2 of: How can I get mom to accept help? I’m not going to replay all of last week’s column because then… Continue reading
SOMETIMES, FOR REASONS known only to the Keeper of Reasons, I seem to get the same question (more or less) from multiple people in multiple… Continue reading
