by Sue | Nov 17, 2019 | Books & Writers
Occasionally our writers group pens what we call a “Round Robin.” It’s great fun, since none of us knows what literary masterpiece (or mess) will evolve from our blended imaginations. We each draw a number and wait for the writer who drew #1 to send us the first...
by Sue | Nov 10, 2019 | Care Giving
Hearing the first two lines of “California Dreamin’” by the Mamas and Papas takes me back to the Poor House, a popular watering hole when I was a nursing student in Syracuse. The song’s beginning phrases about brown leaves floating in a grey sky put me right there...
by Sue | Nov 3, 2019 | Body & Soul
I’m using that play on words for the title of this blog to make a point. It seems every article or book on nutrition I’ve read lately praises the health benefits of eating plants, and lots of them. But why? How are they good for us? What’s the Scoop? To find out, I...
by Sue | Oct 27, 2019 | Faith
I remember his smile. It was soft and gentle, his joy quietly spilling over everyone and everything around him. He was a man of deep faith. He struggled in his later years after a fall injured his cervical spine. As the neurologist watched him walk about in his...
by Sue | Oct 20, 2019 | Body & Soul
I’ve been musing about aging lately. Partly because I write about aging issues under my Care Giving blog stream, but mostly because I am “of a certain age” and growing older by the minute. Today, while driving through the fall landscape, I decided this aging business...
by Sue | Oct 13, 2019 | Care Giving
This blog continues the discussion about elder services provided by Catholic Family Center. Again, I am indebted to Virginia Clark, Associate Director, Aging and Adult Services, and for the photos provided by CFC’s Katherine Grant for their help. STAR PROGRAM (Support...
by Sue | Oct 6, 2019 | Faith
History is clear. Jesus was Jewish. He was the perfect, complete Jew who followed, not a legalistic Pharisaical list of rules, but the Father’s intentions for his sacred laws. Jesus went to the heart of matters. Yet, even while he infuriated Jewish leaders, he never...
by Sue | Sep 29, 2019 | Books & Writers
John Caligiuri joined our Greece writers’ group years ago when he was writing his alternate history novel Red Fist of Rome (recently republished under the Insomnia label and available at the library, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.) Since then, John has written...
by Sue | Sep 22, 2019 | Care Giving
In my work as a community health nurse for Monroe County, I quickly learned caregivers and their care receivers are inseparable. Helping one helps the other. I also learned Monroe County is rich in resources for the elderly. So much so, that G.R.A.P.E. (Greater...
by Sue | Sep 15, 2019 | Body & Soul
Make no mistake. Healthcare is a thriving industry in America. Are we getting a bang for our buck? Here is how our healthcare system ranks compared to other developed countries. Hint: disheartening considering how much money we spend. How does the...
