The building was almost obscured by blooming crabapple and pear trees, but it was the tulips that caught my eye. A flower bed overflowing with orange and purple tulips marked the entrance. I knew the community was there but wasn’t it for Assisted Living? Tom pointed out the sign: Independent Living. We turned in and […]
As I began The Great Purge of Belongings, I also began The Great Search of Lodgings. I wanted to be free of the burden of home ownership and so did my husband, Tom. Our friends were moving to retirement communities. Up in the air about what that really meant, I began The Great Search. I […]
In his book, Spare, Prince Harry bemoans being the “spare to the heir” to the throne of Britain. I can assure him a spare is important. Here is how I know. Having been warned to take only half of what I thought we would need in an independent living retirement community apartment, and then take […]
Is it an out-of-body experience I am having? Or is it an out-of-my-mind experience? In this new place, I feel not quite myself. In moments like this, with the sunrise a mere line of red along the horizon, I love the new me who stands at the tall windows of our third-story apartment and looks […]
