Recent content by Book Worm

If your doctor meant you have a terminal illness, please seek hospice care. You will be taken care of well and helped to walk the dying process or path. These agencies have support groups and counseling. The social workers (in the USA) help patients with emotional support and arranging for needs...

In my book club of all things, we have a rule no politics no religion, keep it friendly. Believe it or not we still have a few very opinionated people who insist on bashing other people. It drives me batty and I am the one interrupting and saying no politics so stop.

Yes, everything is going up plus the cost of all the catalytic converters being stolen across the country to be sold for the metals. The thing about not having a car is it is loss of independence. But that independence comes at a price. You mention how your reflexes are slow and turning your...

I like my glass top cooktop. The thing to know is it can scratch easily and it shows a lot of dust if it is black, so wipe it clean frequently. They make special cleaners for glass cooktops, nothing abrasive. You need regular "modern style" pans not usually cast iron and nothing with a recessed...

I personally resent sending gifts and not having them acknowledged or thanked for. Typical now days is getting a text message. Twenty years ago, I was married a long time to a man whose brother and sister never acknowledged the Christmas gifts we sent their kids. In one family, the dad would get...

What a good way to compromise and communicate well!

Check and see if you have an elder financial safety center in your area. What you describe is pretty typical. How can you make it easy for them to get the photos to you? Or in their best interest? But truly, if these people are mean spirited, you can't make them do anything for you. If you can...

You call it alienation (do you mean parental alienation, which is when one parent actively does their best to make the kids dislike and not have contact or a relationship with the other parent). Sometimes it becomes both parental alienation and then the kids actively estrange from the other...

Did you get a freeze? We are getting some rain this week and that should help my trees and bushes. Too hot and dry this year for veggies to thrive.

So many older adults are alone. Some people have adult children who estranged from the parents. Some never had kids. I worked in hospitals and it was common for people to have no help at home. The younger ones got sent home anyway. We’d have older adults who refused to leave our hospital and...

Hello everyone! As my name says, I like to read and I like to nurture houseplants and garden. With the cats or dogs question, I in the lives cars group. I also love my Subaru Outback, ha ha. No pets right now due to life circumstances. Just looking for conversation with nice people and learning...