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Crow’s Feet

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Two Key Ingredients to Caring for a Loved One with Dementia

Much is needed besides these two, but they provide the foundation. — When my mother started her slow descent into dementia, most of us just thought she repeated herself quite a bit. She was diagnosed with age-related dementia. Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia. Then, the drop became a bit steeper and even she knew something was wrong. …

Dementia Care

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Two Key Ingredients to Caring for a Loved One with Dementia
Two Key Ingredients to Caring for a Loved One with Dementia
Dementia Care

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The Lark

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Icebergs and the Elderly

A poem about senilicide —

Aging

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Icebergs and the Elderly
Icebergs and the Elderly
Aging

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About Me — Cat Stravino

I have gotten old too darn fast. — I spent a good portion of my life raising four children (in what I describe as my conservative Christian period) only to get divorced. I had to re-invent myself. Change is the only constant. I embraced it fully in 2017. I learned to say “Yes!” to new things and since that time I have had…

About Me

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About Me — Cat Stravino
About Me — Cat Stravino
About Me

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Crow’s Feet

·5 days ago

When Jesus Said ‘Love Your Neighbor’ He Didn’t Know Mine

One thinks his dog’s poop doesn’t stink; the other is a meddler — My neighbor and I often meet for a catch-up chat when we both happen to be in our backyards. “Hey, Jim, does Rigby want to say hello?” I called the other day when I saw him outside with his little white dog. “Yeah, I’ll be right over,” he replied, then…

Humor

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When Jesus Said ‘Love Your Neighbor’ He Didn’t Know Mine
When Jesus Said ‘Love Your Neighbor’ He Didn’t Know Mine
Humor

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Crow’s Feet

·Aug 31

Yes, Virginia (and Mel) there really is Ageism and it is Prevalent

I am not so sure about Santa… — This is my response to my friend, Mel Schlesinger’s assertion that ageism is not as prevalent as we think. If you missed his article, I have linked it here. Mel is a financial guru for many in the Crow’s Feet cohort. He breaks down numbers and facts into applicable lessons…

Ageism

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Yes, Virginia (and Mel) there really is Ageism and it is Prevalent
Yes, Virginia (and Mel) there really is Ageism and it is Prevalent
Ageism

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Aug 29

School Starts

In honor of the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech and to commemorate the 27 shootings in 2023. — Pencils, pens, bells and drills. In America, school kills. Anxiety deepens with the last tomato on the vine, While legislators claim, “Everything’s fine.” For them it is, old men never wiped noses, tied shoes, or bought school clothes. We don’t fight Nature; we accept the Fall. …

Martin Luther King Jr

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School Starts
School Starts
Martin Luther King Jr

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Middle-Pause

·Aug 23

Me Versus the Lone Cricket — and the Cricket is Winning

It’s only a little bug, I keep telling myself. — It was a long day. I felt relief just anticipating sleep. My head barely grazed the pillow when CHIRP! came from the kitchen. I sprang out of bed. I would scoop that tiny fellow up and deposit him outside, if only I could find him. How do I know it’s…

Humor

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Me Versus the Lone Cricket —  and the Cricket is Winning
Me Versus the Lone Cricket —  and the Cricket is Winning
Humor

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Middle-Pause

·Aug 18

The 4th Step in the Cycle of Change

If you have been following me, you know there are 5. — After 30 years as a stay-at-home caregiver, I sold everything, including my house, moved 1,000 miles away, and entered tech school, changing everything about the life I had known- community, housing, climate, in one fell swoop. It wasn’t easy, but it was worth it. I learned a lot in the…

Change

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The 4th Step in the Cycle of Change
The 4th Step in the Cycle of Change
Change

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Today’s Rosie

·Aug 7

Using Your Phone in the Plant

LMS wonders why there are rules no one follows #Shaft & Shifty 7 — This is a work of fiction. Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents in this book are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. In…

Fiction

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Using Your Phone in the Plant
Using Your Phone in the Plant
Fiction

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Age of Empathy

·Aug 5

Where Does Racism Start? More Importantly, How Do We Stop It?

Exercise the power you have in your own backyard — We were walking to a restaurant in the city where my son lives, when a BMW hopped the curb in front of us and a man of color jumped out and grabbed me. I was shocked, but noticed my son laughing, just as I was picked up in a bear…

Memoir

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Where Does Racism Start? More Importantly, How Do We Stop It?
Where Does Racism Start? More Importantly, How Do We Stop It?
Memoir

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