My mother will turn 94 at the end of this year. Each year our family tradition is to gather at her retirement community in the bay area. Not everyone lives close enough to attend, but as many as can make it, do. This year is different. Visitors are not allowed at the retirement community [Read More…]
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Not-so-random acts of kindness
The other morning Jay and I headed for the Starbucks drive-thru after a necessary doctor appointment. We ordered our coffees, and drove around to the pickup window. As the barista handed us our drinks she smiled and told us, “The car in front of you paid for your order.” We were in disbelief. “Really? Really?” [Read More…]
On weathering the storm
In a recent newsletter we asked our subscribers to share how they are making meaningful use of the stay at home time we are all now experiencing. From catching up on to do lists to some inventive and fun new endeavors, here are some of the responses we received. Catching up Several folks wrote that [Read More…]
“And the password is…”
Password was once just a charming little game show hosted by Allen Ludden. Today, the word “password” triggers eye rolls, deep sighs and a little cringing. On a recent house call we asked our customer for one of his passwords which he needed to log in to an online account. After the initial deer-in-the-headlights look he [Read More…]
Lost in the Cough & Cold aisle: iPhone to the rescue!
At some point during my month-long cold I ran out of cough medicine, decongestant, etc. so I showed Jay the empty medicine containers and asked him to pick up some replacements at the drug store. After about an hour and a half, at which point I wondered if he’d run out of gas or gotten [Read More…]
It’s a new decade – out with the old, in with the new
There is a famous historical photo of Easter morning, 1913 on 5th Ave in New York City. If you look closely at the photo you can see one horse-drawn buggy among a huge mass of cars. Then study the photo of Easter morning, 1903 – one decade earlier – at that same location. See if [Read More…]
Are you a tech savvy senior? Take this quiz – LOL!
Back in our day, LOL stood for “little old lady,”and a TIA was a small stroke. Not anymore.* Now many of us seniors are left scratching our heads and rolling our eyes when trying to decipher text messages and emails from our younger humans. But it’s almost the dawn of a new decade – does [Read More…]
Stay Safe and Secure Online
Has your computer suddenly slowed down? Are you seeing an uptick in pop-up advertising? Have you received a phone call claiming to be from the IRS or Apple tech support telling you to take immediate action? Or a legitimate-looking email from “your bank” asking you to verify or update your account information? For all the [Read More…]
