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How to Downsize and Start Over

Posted on February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 by Billie
How to Downsize and Start Over

After my husband died, I realized I needed to downsize and start over. But I didn’t want to. My stuff was my history, my identity, my nest and my friend.

Posted In Age, Lifestyle

Aging from 40 to 60

Posted on January 22, 2020January 22, 2020 by Billie
Aging from 40 to 60

I feel like my aging from 40 to 60 was an achievement, a master class in change management. In those two decades I earned my PhD in me.

Posted In Age, Lifestyle

Time is Not Money

Posted on January 1, 2020January 21, 2020 by Billie
Time is Not Money

Now we know Ben Franklin was wrong, the time is money formula fails to factor in both the benefit of happiness and the cost of unhappiness.

Posted In Health, Lifestyle

A Radical Idea

Posted on December 11, 2019January 21, 2020 by Billie
A Radical Idea

Apparently phone addicts get hooked on the repetitious movement of tiny images and lose control of their eyes the way a junkie loses control of her limbs.

Posted In Lifestyle

Insectivorous

Posted on December 4, 2019January 21, 2020 by Billie
Insectivorous

Enjoy them as a snack, grind them into flour for cookies, or surprise your guests by sprinkling them over the green beans.

Posted In Health, Lifestyle, Nature

Kissing A Walrus

Posted on October 9, 2019February 12, 2020 by Billie
Kissing A Walrus

It took a while for me to get used to posting pictures of myself, but I quickly learned that people will scroll past blocks of text. I’m a writer. I don’t exist if you don’t read me.

Posted In Lifestyle, Writers & Books

Scientific Method

Posted on September 18, 2019December 19, 2019 by Billie
Scientific Method

I’m doing a scientific study in my apartment, tracking the lifecycle of a dust bunny, trying to understand how they reproduce so quickly.

Posted In Lifestyle, Nature

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