Some time ago – actually five years, if I’m counting, I wrote about answering machines and voice mail, which had been, it seems, the gold standard for reaching out to friends and family. Some of you older folks remember when they were first developed, with separate devices hooked up to the telephone. Cordless phones were the size of FBI walkie-talkies, and we had to plug in car phones. Yes, answering machines were so innovative, such an improvement. Until they’d be filled up with junk callers, telemarketers, and stuff we didn’t need to hear. Then, we’d get unseemly pleas from the technology to “please empty your voicemail.”
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House Hunters “Off the Grid”
Yes, I know. It’s been too long since I gave you faithful readers an update on the saga of “House Hunters”, where people looking to buy a house, and which gets more and more bizarre as time goes by. A recent trend has been to “get away from it all.” It’s a new, truly disturbing twist on what is frequently referred to as work-life balance. I wasn’t really sure how some of these folks could get to this point, but they have.
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This is a departure once again from my usual writing. If you could see me, I have on my “serious” face. With an election coming up quickly, along with a number of philosophical issues and decisions to be made, it’s worth a serious discussion of how we, as older Americans, adapt to life’s changes.
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As the Father’s Day weekend approaches once again, it’s time to remember all fathers, be they biological, grandfathers, father figures, favorite uncles, surrogates, and others that have played or continue to play a role. Here once again are some thoughts I expressed last year at this time, and back by request.
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