Category Archives: growing old

The Swamp Within

Posted on October 15, 2026 by Art for Housewives

Lately I’ve been feeling puffy and stiff. Someone told me it was because, inside of me, I was carrying around my own little swamp. All those stagnant fluids were slowing me down and needed to be drained. One solution is … Continue reading →

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Consequences

Posted on June 1, 2024 by Art for Housewives

Detective Barbara Havers made a mistake and now seeks redemption. A lead on a Cambridge murder gives Barbara a chance to make amends and she goes for it. Elizabeth George writes all about it in her crime novel, A Banquet … Continue reading →

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For those who die twice

Posted on October 1, 2023 by Art for Housewives

It was a fabulous October morning and I was quite happy, for once, to run errands. I went to the bookstore just to buy a notebook and a pen but wound up buying a couple of “vacation from myself” books … Continue reading →

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The Present Moment

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Marcus Aurelius writes to himself that “no one loses any life other than the one he lives, or lives any life other than the one he loses.” (Meditations, Book 2:14) A long life and a short life both end in … Continue reading →

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On Making Beautiful Choices

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Art for Housewives

Today is my blog’s 20th birthday. I started it after reading the Scientific Warning of 1992. It begins like this: Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course. Human activities inflict harsh and often irreversible damage on … Continue reading →

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