"I don't like change." That is a phrase I have heard many times, usually from older people who are being honest. I, personal...

  People have learned to say things that don't mean exactly what they mean. When I was a teenager I asked my Dad what he thought of how ...

  People are deceptive. Someone can look put together and happy or wealthy or healthy and be none of those things. I know a person I think o...

  People don't seem to understand that life is less about luck and more about decisions.  Almost everything a person does requires some ...

  A drama queen turns everything, even things that aren't things, into a situation. If she makes any kind of mistake it is someone else...

  Buying things seems to be the favorite sport of many people. They enjoy the hunt or the feeling that they just got a great deal. I love wh...

   People think when they retire life will be easier. I've got news for you! Life will be pretty much the same in the long run, except f...

  Change is one of the fundamentals of living. We live in a state of constant flux. Everything changes. Change comes with the hope that thin...

These are just some thoughts I've had while writing about my life. Looking back I realize it is true that when one door closes another o...

  Park Glen was an unexpected find. I had checked into subsidized housing in Bloomington and they had it at the old high school building dow...

  I was excited to move into the apartment on Yotzonot. It was in the coveted east side of Bloomington and just blocks from where my childre...

  I moved into an efficiency apartment at Ironwood Apartments without much fanfare at all. It was a simple move because I disposed of anythi...

  I found an apartment near Franklin Park, our historic district, on Chestnut. It was the main floor of an old Victorian house divided into ...

   I moved into my new apartment at The Arbors.  It was one of those brick buildings that had steps going up or down when you entered. My ap...

  I stayed at my daughter's house for two more days while I checked out local rentals. Part of the problem was that I had no furniture, ...

  I arrived at my sister's house in Decatur and after a week or so we thought we might be able to share expenses and live together. I wo...

  I arrived in Canton, my brother backed my Honda Accord off the trailer and my son backed the big truck down the mountain and into the driv...

  I stayed at my sister's house for a few days after St.Louis, then I rented a small house two doors down from my brother, Tom, and his ...

  Eman8tions lived in a typical St.Louis Tudor four-square apartment building. His apartment was on the lower right with a spacious living r...