Advice from me to me — that you might find useful, too. This piece also appears on Medium. 11 June 2021: My Dream I am frazzled and not yet packed. With me are two young women I know from the dog park. We went to the French Open, Roland Garros, two days earlier. I wonder what they’re doing in […]
A 45-Year-Old Scolds Tech Companies!
Geezers don’t despair. Younger people feel it, too! “Tech is now for all of us, and yet the tech companies keep focusing on the nerds who want fancy gadgets.” Other than the fact that she starts out by apologizing for sounding like “a grumpy old man” (ageist stereotype)… I was thrilled to read New York […]
Tired of Fighting About Household Chores?
The Winning Strategy That Will Save Your Relationship This post also appears on Medium “When Cleaning Windows,” 1943. Photo by Austrian National Library on Unsplash A Half-Century of Chore Wars It all started in the 70s, the result of that new-fangled notion of “gender equity.” Before that, men and women had defined roles. Mothers […]
Dear Family Whisperer: My Son Is a Freeloader — What to Do?
Meet a 30-Year Old Who Still Thinks He’s a Kid Photo by James Barr on Unsplash Dear Family Whisperer: I have a problem, I have a son who is 30. Wherever he puts something, it stays there. No thought of putting it where it belongs. In the bathroom it’s the same. When he was in school, […]