Benjamin Franklin was supposed to have said this, but he didn’t. But it is my mantra. I have more money now than I’ve ever had in my life, and I spend as little as possible. For instance, I buy all BOGO items at the grocery store. So I have two packages of bacon, two boxes […]

I’m in Costa Rica for another day, leaving for Ft Lauderdale tommorow morning. I came for cosmetic dental work but I going home with such huge respect for this small, central American country. This country of 5 million has a 97% literacy rate and has been distinguished for its commitment to sustainable and clean energy.

Yesterday I took a day off from running around and just stayed home with some small chores and a good book. I looked around and found a number of things that were gathering dust from not being used. Here they are. Pickle ball paddles, shoes, and balls, all inside a specially bought carrying case. I

I ride Circuit all the time. Circuit is a free ride to various points around Fort Lauderdale in a golf cart type buggy. I always tip and all the driver’s know me by now. In fact Raul had told me previously that he went home to Peru to have an operation and visit his Mom

I’m worth 2.235 million and I’m riding a smelly Greyhound bus in the wee hours of the morning to get to my grandson’s baseball training camp. His university’s team comes down to Florida by bus every March for a week of spring training. Parents come, too and so did I, a grandmother, known to all

Back when I was an administrator in a public elementary school in Australia, I organised and accompanied sixth grade students, along with several teachers, including Carole MacDonald, to a 5 day outdoor camp. I lived in Sydney, which is a very sophisticated and cosmopolitan city, and was not really familiar with the bush. After the

If the meeting hadn’t finished early, I wouldn’t have come at all. By the time I entered the reception, the bride was drinking beer from a lomg-necked bottle and the groom had a rosy, bewildered look. Then I saw him. A gentlemen with a craggy face and a coiffed mane of gray hair was nodding

THE GOOD THINGS WE NEVER HEAR ABOUT Step back. Listen. Watch. Like me, you will see good people doing good things all around you. Yes, Louis, it is a wonderful world. And one part of that wonderful world is Challenge Air, a charity event sponsored by Rotary of Fort Lauderdale and many, many other volunteers.

my And I didn’t bother to bend over to pick up anything that fell to the floor for the last three days. Cheerios, threads, bits of plastic. Never mind, I thought to myself. The cleaning lady is coming Friday. By Friday evening, I knew this wasn’t true. I called her and got no answer. I