Today is Poetry Friday (again)! Is time moving faster? It seems to be for me! I don’t know what happened to the last six months! They just disappeared! Karen Edmisten is our host today. Hop over to her blog for more poetry goodness! Thanks for hosting, Karen. This week whizzed by. I’ve got my husband’s…
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National Poetry Month, 2025. Day 11, Cascade
Waterfalls are soothing, inspiring, and sometimes triggering. Today’s post is brief. I wrote (and said) too much yesterday. Thanks for stopping by. I love waterfalls. We’ve seen some beautiful ones in Hawaii, Colorado, and Minnesota. The word for today’s poetry prompt is cascade. The haiku came easily today; I am awash in emotion. Note: I…
Poetry Friday: Our Family Shrinks
It’s Poetry Friday, and the talented, gentle, and generous Margaret Simon is hosting us on her blog, Reflections on the Tech. Check here to find out more about what constitutes Poetry Friday. Thank you for hosting, Margaret. Many of you have followed my journey with my Dad. I appreciate all of the support and kind…
Poetry Friday: Awaiting Death
I’ll try to keep this short for all of your sakes and my own. (Sorry…it’s not short. I got going and couldn’t stop.) We came home from our Caribbean respite last Friday, stayed in the Twin Cities Friday night to Saturday, had a quick breakfast with two of our sons and one of their girlfriends…
Poetry Friday: On The Road Again…Soon
Happy Poetry Friday! I hope to make this a short post. Tomorrow, we’ll be headed back to Wisconsin. My sister arrived last night and she’ll be taking over our dad’s care in the coming weeks. We are happy to be headed home for a break from being caregivers. First: A Poem pink Irish hillsides filled…
Straying From A Routine. It’s Good For You.
Usually, on Friday, I write a poem and post it to the Poetry Friday group I participate in. Then, I cross-post it to my Medium.com page. The cross-posting is relatively new – six months or so,. The Poetry Friday post has been a routine for years. I have taken breaks from this group but not…
Quick Slice of Life: Getting Updated
Today is Slice of Life Tuesday. Since I already wrote my Medium.com post today, I’ll keep this short. If you want to read it, you can go to the links at the end of this post. Thanks! Today my husband and I got our newest COVID-19 booster shots. It’s the vaccine with combined variants. At…
Self Care: Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
I published the blog on Medium.com today. Please check it out there: https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/what-i-found-out-about-lowering-ones-chances-of-having-alzheimers-72cf38de4f76 What I Found Out About Lowering One’s Chances Of Having Alzheimer’s | by Carol Labuzzetta | Sept, 2022 | Medium (opens in a new tab) Thanks!
Poetry Friday: Poetry & Alzheimer’s Disease
We paused our unpacking last week to go visit my parents in New York. I’ve written about them before. Both are in their mid-80s, both are still living together in their own home which is convenient but much, much too big, and both experiencing serious health issues in the last few years. They seem to…
Refuse to be a Box Checker in 21st Century Medicine
I’ve had several different careers over my lifetime and one of them was in healthcare. After I worked five years as a NICU nurse, I functioned as a nationally Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner for about six years. I practiced in the states of Maryland and New York. The advanced degree also allowed me to teach…




