• BACK ON MY SOAPBOX

    BACK ON MY SOAPBOX This morning I was reading some articles in USA Today about the problems confronting us with Social Security. In particular, there is an article by DeWayne Wickham (USA Today, Tuesday, January 25, 2005, Page 13A, “Social Security reform: Women may be big losers”). This article sounds the alarm for American women.

  • GATHERING NUTS FOR WINTER – A SQUIRRELLY IDEA

    GATHERING NUTS FOR WINTER – A SQUIRRELLY IDEA A very kind reader e-mailed me yesterday and said that it was good to find a blog that was not geared to people under twenty-five. Phew! That’s a relief to me, because I keep imagining people reading my posts and saying to themselves, “She’s just so out-of-it,