I wrote this in my journal this morning.

Tuesday, December 29th 2020

Creeping up very closely to 2021! Just 48 hours away from giving a relieved wave goodbye to 2020! 2020 was a truly terrible year! For the whole world actually - there was a wicked pandemic, a second great depression, so many jobs, businesses and lives lost plus the leader of the Free world was an orange, greedy megalomaniac! The rich got richer, the poor got poorer and discrimination reached a ridiculously high level. there's going to be a change in the White House. An experienced politician for president, with a mixed race female Senator as vice president. This could be a fantastic change for the better, but we need to get together to give them a sane Congress and keep them as honest as possible!

Making the most of the rest of my life...

Hello, my friends! The title of this post is rather melodramatic. I just somehow recently developed a sense of lack of purpose. Being unemployed has taken a toll on my sense of self worth In tne last day or so, I have decided to embrace this third stage of my life with warmth, compassion (for myself and everyone else).

I have recently become aware of a ceremony in the Unitarian Universalist community called the Croning ceremony or the Saging Ceremony.

Croning Ceremony

I have decided that I do not need a job to fulfill my desire to be of use. So, I am calling this blog my vocation, well avocation, my life's work. I don't believe I've said this in print before, but I consider myself The Nursing Home Philosopher. Because really, I have nothing better to do than think. So Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Nietzsche, make space for a little sister!

Deliberate

This is what I wrote by hand this morning...

Sunday August 23, 2020

I had an amazing birthday! I'm going to use this a starter gun for launching me on to the rest of my life. However, not to start a race to dart through the rest of my days, but to slow down  and take each moment as it comes. To realize every moment is precious and should be lived as I write this down in my spiral bound college ruled notebook. Every letter written as artfully as possible. I want to live deliberately.

The last year of being a forty-something...

Tomorrow is my 49th birthday. Really that doesn't mean anything, I just love making mountains of molehills.

As it turns out, I love being this age. Really what's the other choice? We get to choose how we approach our lives.

Lately I've been listening to rock music of the 90s. I have a Pandora station based on Fastball. in addition to their tunes. the station plays Matchbox 20, John Mayer. Green Day, Five for Fighting, the Fray, Barenaked Ladies, and others . It turns out I'm a nursing home fangirl, and loving it! 

I do other things, thankfully, like attempting MOOC courses, reading library books electronically, and the like, but I always come back for more!

I even look up the bands' websites. I love seeing the recordings of live concerts on YouTube!!! I am seriously all ate up! I think that has addictions go, I'm doing pretty well! 

Have a fantastic weekend!

Saturday, July 25th 2020

Well, it looks like it's going to be another beautiful day in Cleveland! It's a shame that I will only be able to enjoy it through the windows here. This pandemic is stifling to all of us! So, it is best that when we can't enjoy the great outdoors, we should take this time to explore ourselves. We should take the time to know ourselves and those around us. 

This is the time to live in appreciation. I read on a poster somewhere, that if we appreciate everything, we will find that we are never lacking. 

Saturday June 27th, 2020

Well, I started exercising about a month ago, but I took yesterday off. I decided that if I didn't make inactivity a new habit, that would be okay. So I got back to it today. I still haven't decided how frequently I am going to blog, but today I decided to do another one. Time will tell how dedicated I am. I'll see you again soon!

Physical Fitness

An interesting advantage to living in a nursing home... I'm a better athelite than I ever was when able-bodied! I have an exercise routine I do religiously every morning. It not only keeps my muscles active, but I believe it guards me from be slipping into depression. Also:Exercise and MS

So, there's a method to my madness...

Pandemic. When we were in school, we learned about the Black plague and the red plague. We are in the midst of the covid-19 plague. We are lucky that in this era, the plague is not an automatic death sentence. However, we still must make the most of our knowledge of germ theory, lest we die like we were living in the middle ages. We know more now. so let's all act like it.

New Home (sorta) New Life

For those who don’t know me, I am a singer, voice teacher who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1998. I have been living in a nursing home for two years and four months. I will not move out until I leave in a casket. Sounds grim, at least I thought so when I came to that conclusion. Well, I was mortified. But, if you know me, you know I wasn’t going to stay mortified very long.

I thought that I wouldn’t have to clean house, make dinner, or drag myself to work anymore. I am, in the world, the richest woman on Earth. The food here is good. The staff is top notch! I have my iPhone, which is my communication hub, my entertainment center, and my Solitaire deck. I literally want for nothing!
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The downsides are: I can’t walk or even stand, I lost my ability to sing classically, and
knit trousers are my only pants, though Mom bought me leggings that look like denim!
All in all, I’m a satisfied woman.

The most beautiful thing about my life is that I nothing better to do than philosophize,
 Thus my pen name.