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MOMS clubs, an international organization (Moms Offering Moms Support) was formed to provide support of all kinds to stay-at-home mothers. It’s alive and well (momsclub.org) after decades of service to those parents (it’s not only mothers anymore) who choose to stay at home to raise their children...
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting
I put a giant map of the world up on the wall and gave my wife a dart. I told her wherever it lands is where we go on a winter vacation.
So where are you going?
We’re spending three weeks behind the refrigerator.
Driving by Bruce’s drive
I have a wonderful...
Dear Savvy Senior,
Falls and fires are the two things I worry most about for my elderly father who lives alone. Do you have any suggestions on what we can do to help keep him safe, and keep an eye on him from afar?
Concerned Daughter
Dear Concerned,
Of course! There are a number of small...
Holiday lights are now everywhere come the holiday season. Private homeowners tend to hang the holiday lights outside their homes around Thanksgiving weekend and keep them up through New Year’s Day. Though it might seem like a tradition without a deep history, decorating a Christmas tree with...
Do you have a lot of cranberry sauce or fresh cranberries left over from Thanksgiving dinner? Since fresh cranberries can be frozen, it’s easy to stock up and suddenly find you’ve still got them in February! Even bottled cranberry juice blends or “cocktail” can be lurking in the cupboard. So, as...
The title of this article is that of an editorial shared in the New York Sun newspaper in 1897.
Young Virginia O’Hanlon wrote the newspaper with a question about Santa.
The exchange is likely one of the most well known editorials ever to be printed, and reprinted thousands of times since. It was...
Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting
I never get as many Christmas presents as I expect.
That’s too bad.
I never expected I would.
Driving by Bruce’s drive
I have a wonderful neighbor named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me. Talking back to the weather gains me nothing,...
Dear Savvy Senior,
What tips do you recommend to Medicare beneficiaries dealing with hefty medical bills? My husband recently had open heart surgery and is recovering slowly, but the medical bills are coming in fast and furious and they’re putting us in medical debt.
Struggling in Springfield...
Vickie & JoAnn (no last names indicated in the book) started Gooseberry Patch as a home-based business in the late 80s and compiled their first cookbook in 1992. They use the formula of putting together groups of recipes submitted to them by friends, relatives and customers; sort of like a...
There is a new sport in town... literally, with places to play added in recent years, first in a park and now an indoor option.
It’s a relatively new sport, so new that spell check doesn’t recognize it as it appears below on my computer screen.
It’s pickleball!
Last year Swensrud Park’s...