Category: Member Musings
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Fourteen years ago when we moved to Naples we stored all of our “extra” stuff at an air-conditioned storage unit. Our prior home had a huge basement, a luxury missing in Florida. The charge for storage began at a fairly reasonable rate, but every year the price increased. Now it has attracted my attention. In
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. This month’s featured member is Iris Shur. TALES OF A BIONIC WOMAN When my knee screamed “fix me!,” I didn’t wait several years in pain before opting for surgery as I did with my hips. A few weeks of agony convinced me to schedule the knee
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. This month’s featured member is Iris Shur. My idea was to write a column about all the pithy things I think about during the day because I wonder if other people think those thoughts too. This morning while eating my cereal I had my
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. This month’s featured member is Iris Shur. LOSING A BEST FRIEND All of my best friends weave themselves into the fabric of my life. One of them ripped out a piece of that fabric recently when she died. She was Bonnie, my best friend
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There is nothing like a blank piece of paper. My entire life could go on this piece of paper if I write small enough — like the Bible written on a grain of rice. It is like a door into all possibilities and you just have to open it. It truly is amazing once you
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Member Musings features the reflections and thoughts of an NPC member. This month’s featured member is D.K. Christi. This is a blog post. I did not file credentials. Including confirmation of sources and attributions are not required. To get a wider readership and highlight my other blogs, I may embed related links. Bloggers don’t need
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THE LOST ART OF LETTER WRITING I started young adulthood solo in California when everyone I knew resided in my small Midwestern hometown. Writing letters filled loneliness for the familiar as I pursued my dreams. Because I continued to travel from one end of the globe to another over the passing years, I added new