I haven't been that diligent about compiling notable stuff I've read lately, but for what it's worth, here are a few links!  (So...

Lana Manikowski at " Infertile and Childless. So Now What? " nails it in " The Grief That Comes Without a Funeral ." (It...

Apparently Friday, Aug. 22nd, was Rainbow Baby Day ( trigger warning : baby photos) -- and while I didn't spend a lot of time on social...

I had kind of forgotten that Liza Minnelli is "one of us."  Then I got watching a documentary about her this week, from "Amer...

Well, I did it... I started the  "chapter-a-day readalong" of " War & Peace " on Jan. 1st -- AND the Cromwell Trilo...

Three years ago today! I had a chuckle this morning. I had a look at my Facebook memories, and saw this screenshot from my email, posted exa...

Blog housekeeping :  I've updated my  Book List  of recommended/relevant reads (at the top of the home page, just under the nameplate/he...

Bloglovin update : Day 4 and still nothing on my laptop screen. The phone app is not loading new links either. Grrrr....   It's clear an...

Day Three of World Childless Week is about " Leaving a Legacy ."  Legacy feels connected to blood; the bloodline that we can’t or...

Last year, I wrote a post about how my kind-hearted parents -- now in their early 80s -- had formed a friendship with an even more elderly ...

Six (!) years ago, I wrote about my decision to hand over my treasured vintage (early 1980s) Zenith stereo (turntable/cassette player and ra...

I LOVE these kinds of stories! In 1986, Richard Payton came into possession of an old chest, found in a home in North Hollywood, where the o...

My SIL (dh's brother's wife) is now retired!  (Sort of!)  She lost her longtime job three years ago . Since then, she's had a co...