The Misadventures of Widowhood

each new stage of our lives is filled with mystery and misadventure

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Facebook's Algorithm Thinks I’m Lonely

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Jean never thought she'd say this, but her blog stats are way up—and she owes it to Artificial Intelligence. After twenty-three years of...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

From Missing Words in the Village to Bat-sh*t Crazy Ideas

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This post explores the quiet unraveling of verbal fluency in aging—how the right word can hover just out of reach, even when the mind is sha...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Writing Sympathy Cards and Redefining Friendship: the Octogenarian Edition

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Living in a continuum care community means becoming fluent in the language of sympathy cards, quiet goodbyes, and the bittersweet art of sel...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

My Second Gay Date (Sort of) and the Off Broadway Elephant

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Some stories arrive dressed in sequins and drama. Others show up in bowling shoes, clutching a free ticket and a bottle of Imodium. This one...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Dispatches from the Department of War and the Woke Resistance

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When President Trump declared Portland a “war-ravaged city” and sent troops and helicopters to monitor peaceful protests, it wasn’t just po...
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