Barbara Morris

In 1990, we came to Minnesota in a state of frazzled homelessness. So my family and I, sometimes in pieces as one or the other teen, would drop out by running away or going back to Illinois, where they felt more at home. My idea was to make a new life for us, and for me, there was no turning back. We arrived at a shelter downtown due to our long route through Wisconsin and … [Read more...] about The Romance Of The Oranges

No one is too old for this, for which I’m thankful. Feeling clever and smug, I made notes about virtue-signaling for this month’s article. And then a great and humble man died. My original plan was to posture about how social sites *Lured us in by appealing to our finer sense of family and friends – of connection – even with strangers (aka friends we haven’t … [Read more...] about Virtue-Signal Central

As I was scanning through a social media site, this caught my attention. I typically don't read long posts due to my gnat-like attention span, but this drew me in. So, let's see if you have time to read this message. Or maybe you'll leave it for... ?? later "... While we all have an expiration date, and we don't know when or how we'll leave this world. I believe many … [Read more...] about Leave It For Later

Just four simple ways? Yep. The four ways are not only simple; they are easy. So, let's get right down to the nitty-gritty and see what they are. First, let's look at an article from Science Daily  Reducing sugar in packaged  foods can prevent disease in millions : "Cutting 20% of sugar from … [Read more...] about Four Simple Ways to Absolutely Improve Your Health and Appearance

While I'm a firm believer you can have whatever you set your mind to, this can also be a detriment…especially to your health…let me explain. Have you ever said this to yourself? "It doesn't matter what I eat anymore because I'm XX age, and I deserve to eat what I want?" I've earned it like it's another rite of passage. Seriously? There's an actual health cost of having … [Read more...] about The Cost of Getting What You Want 

  Now that I no longer work at the business office at the other end of our hallway, I do not have the opportunity to see many of my neighbors. I still live in the building but no longer hold the boxful of titles I so cheerfully accepted. My passion for working with my peers has appeared in all my seasons of life. My love for people causes me to seek out … [Read more...] about Oh Say Can You See (Literally)

This world – this life – is not what those of us “of an age” grew up with in America. How blessed we were, were being the operative word. Surely, you’re aware of the differences. One obvious one is what you might call a kind of virus, now prevalent, one that is forcing us to face the level of our immunity to or against it: Fear. And there are those who have … [Read more...] about Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

What will your life be like when you get to age 90 (don't laugh -- it's becoming the norm)? Considering the status of your health right now, are you looking forward to age 90 and above? Remember comedian George Burns? He was still doing comedy in clubs weeks before his death at age 100. Or,  perhaps you remember Art Linkletter ("Kids Say The Darndest Things" -- a TV show … [Read more...] about Don’t Like Your REAL Age? You Can Change It!

Every year thousands of people reach their fifties and sixties and are designated "senior citizens." For them, youth is gone, never to return. Their decline is inevitable, based on their chronological (calendar)  age. That is not true, but it is universally accepted as true. Social Security agrees it's true and starts to dole out retirement benefits at age 65 or before. In … [Read more...] about Aging Is A Curable Disease And You Can Do It

I wish I’d felt inspired to craft some other writing this month, but I didn’t. You see, I was at my office in Midtown Manhattan on that splendid Tuesday, September 11, 2001. And now, 20 years later, consider what’s happening in our country (USA)—especially at the southern border allowed to be open for nearly nine months (and in many ways, still is), in Afghanistan, and … [Read more...] about The Time to Choose Is Now