Essays from West of 98

A monthly roundup of interesting things worth reading, listening, and watching, from West of 98.I dyed my hair blonde.No, seriously. I should write more about this later in the summer, but most of our high school baseball team went blonde together last week as team bonding for the state playoffs.

Old Glory News

WOW: We got lot of rain today, had a Happy Mothers Day and lot of water. The rain was so nice, no hail believe it or not, just a good rain.I hope that everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day and got some good rain. It got kind of cool, but that is better than ninety degree.

Ways to Make Gardening Easier as You Age

Dear Savvy Senior, What gardening tips can you offer to older seniors? I love to putter around and work in the garden, but my back and knees have caused me to curtail my gardening activities, which I miss greatly. Older GardnerDear Older, There’s no doubt that gardening can be hard on an aging body.

HERE’S TO CRACKED MOLDING

I am quite certain — especially given the volume of psychotropic medications in the market — that I am not alone in wrestling with the occasional feelings that come at the tip of a blindfolded dart throw on the scale between outright nihilism and the general exhaustion of dealing with other humans.

John Campbell’s Adventures Around the World

John Campbell of Austin started his professional career on a high note. “My actual first job was at the White House,” says John. He went there after graduating from Tulane with degrees in Biology and Sociology. A professor helped him get a job as part of a panel to research global hunger and health.

2 Cents Worth

Rain, rain wonderful rain but I could have done without the hailstones, and being uneasy with all this severe thunderstorms. Some of our friends lived at Hodges, and just broke our hearts but at least they weren't hurt like some of the people that lived there were.

Carol's Kitchen

STRAWBERRY MOUSSE PIEI pulled this off of the graham cracker crust to try. It was different Joe loved it!!!!!

Thoughts for a Mother’s Day upgrade

“There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she didn’t know what to do.” –Mother Goose A mother is a mother whether her shoe is filled with one or seven. The nine months alone in the womb count towards heavy labor.

How to Find Affordable Internet Services?

Dear Savvy Senior, I was recently notified that the Affordable Connectivity Program, which subsidizes my monthly internet bill, is about to end. What are my options for finding affordable home internet services now? I’m 71 years old and live primarily on my Social Security benefits.

Old Glory News

OMG what a beautiful day, so perfect. PRAISE THE LORD we got such a beautiful rain, and a good one at that. I could not see how much we got because the storm sucked my big rain gauge out of the holder and I have not found it as of today.