Practical Solutions

Do you have any ideas that will help the middle class? I believe in the intrinsic value of education, however, I also think we need to be practical and take into consideration the realities of today’s economy. Kids should attend college but I think they should carefully consider their major area of study. Unless you

The Middle Class: What Can We Do?

I think there must be some things we can do. How many of us started out in the middle class in the 60’s only to find ourselves struggling to make ends meet these days? Sometimes things happen to cause changes in our lives…things like divorce. After a divorce, many women lose their middle income status

Prescription Drugs

I think we need a forum to discuss the federal prescription drug program in particular and the health care system in America in general. As a senior with no health insurance, I know what it is like to go without health care. I have arthritis and cannot afford treatment. I am not old enough for

Looks like my Siamese cat Coco

. I had a Siamese cat named Coco from about 1989 until 1995. We got him when he was just a kitten about six weeks old. Coco was spayed and declawed. He was always trying to run out the door. He wanted to be outside. He was home alone all the time while I was

Grandparents’ Day

  National Grandparents Day originated with Marian McQuade, a housewife in Fayette County, West Virginia. Her primary motivation was to champion the cause of lonely elderly in nursing homes. She also hoped to persuade grandchildren to tap the wisdom and heritage their grandparents could provide. President Jimmy Carter, in 1978, proclaimed that National Grandparents Day