by opening spam, but occasionally I look at the subjects as I delete them or empty the folder.
Today I see one that says, "Help for your aging parents." That is certainly spam, since I am now the aging parent, not the kid trying to help the aging parent. OK, I've used that phrase entirely too much.
My sympathies for my kids; I bet I could be one 'mell of a hess' as the old lady. I think my kids might think I already am. Too bad.
I use to tell the kids when we watched The Golden Girls in its original broadcast to watch Dorothy and Sophia because that was their future. They didn't think that was funny, but I did.
I've always liked history but it's becoming important to me now. Read some stuff on K'ville history from the KNS; read an interesting book on the Hotel Roanoke (known in my hometown as The Hotel), which is a significant historical feature there. And I like fiction in historical settings, albeit they could be inaccurate.
Find myself viewing lots of TV programming with historical content, especially early American to early 20th century stuff. I give my parents credit for this part of my makeup since I heard a great deal about our part of the world and the periods in which my parents had lived.
Seems to me the adage, "those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it" is true. There's some history I'd rather not repeat, thank you. I really hope we can look forward and move on. I understand some folk do not agree with me.
In telephone conversation this a.m., Rosey mentions I only have nine months, a reference to my pending retirement. Yet, it struck me as having the sound of a sentencing, a statement of an expiration date. It wasn't her tone, just the words. And that struck me as amusing, since I trust I shall live past December.
Yet, it is the expiration, so to speak, of my 'career', my 'working period', my 'professional employment.' Which also seems to indicate, by extension, the coming of another period. And that I like. It appears I am anticipating this change with some eagerness.
To quote Martha, it's a good thing.
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