WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2019

Today is Carl Sagan Day!

"Carl Sagan Day celebrates the life, teachings, and legacy of Carl Sagan, who was born on this day in 1934, and who is known for his many contributions to science. ... Sagan worked in many scientific fields, such as astronomy, cosmology, astrophysics, and astrobiology. He was known for his ability to communicate scientific ideas to the general population, and to get people interested in science. This is probably most exemplified by his 1980 PBS documentary series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which was the most widely viewed PBS program of its time. It won two Emmys and a Peabody award, and has been viewed by over a billion people in sixty countries."

SuziQ - Beautiful roses! Thank you for sharing them.

Tina - Good luck making your big decision. Sometimes you just have to give yourself time and space to process stuff like that.

serevogel0724 - Ooh, I loved your picture! Even though we currently just have one medium-sized dog, I'm at heart a big dog person and I miss having giant dogs around.

jenniferormesher - We are practically neighbors! I live in Taylor.


Well, I was going to make lamb stew in the slow cooker this week but the market won't have lamb until next week. So, since I needed to sub in another slow cooker meal, I found a chicken and lentil curry recipe instead. Looking forward to trying that!

This morning was the farmer's market. We have traditionally had a microscopic, struggling market, but with the completion of a nice city-owned event space, we now have a growing Saturday market. Last week Philip started doing chair massage there, which means we had to bow out of our weekly friends brunch until the end of the market season. But this morning I just helped him get everything unloaded and set up and then went to brunch on my own. Now I'm procrastinating on doing my Nordic Track but I need to get to it soon because we're going to a concert tonight.

Busy weekends are a challenge but lately I've been working hard to stay on track, and it's paying off.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend...

-Yvonne in TX

The day didn’t improve!


Winter is imminent.
The grey sky weeps and grieves.
Wind whispers through the trees
looking for lingering leaves.

Across the lawn, Autumn abandons
her cloak of amber gold.
Jack Frost strokes the earth.
His bitter hand spreads cold.

Behind my double vitreous shield
I watch the day unfold.
Wrapped up warm, protected from
The creeping, seeping cold.

(C) 2019 Terri Richardson

I run a Creative Writing Group, and mostly write poetry, but I do occasionally write short stories. 😂

This is what our Swing Dance teachers posted on Facebook today.



Love Heather UK xxxxxxxx

Had a nice, lazy done with son and his girlfriend. We had lunch while watching the Ohio State game (actually we ended up watching more of the Penn State-Minnesota game since Ohio State had things well in hand); then watched LSU-Alabama and had some pizza and wings for dinner. Not my usual food, but nice for a treat. New chair arrived while son was here so he brought it in for me. This is my first time posting pictures here so I am not sure I am doing this right.
It may seem like a little thing, but the more I make some of these choices on my own without my husband, it is a big deal. It's still a bit strange realizing my opinion is the only one that counts! It seems like it will be comfortable and it fits nicely in the spot I have.

Heading off to bed-have early service at church, then congregation meeting (I'm president of council so I have to run it). Will go over notes in morning before church. After that and singing with choir at second service, will stop by Kohls on way home to use Kohls bucks for a few more odds and ends Christmas gifts.

Talk more later,

Ginny in Ohio