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…
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Poetry Friday: The Round Up Is Here!
Hello, Poets! This week’s Poetry Friday Round-Up is here on The Apples In My Orchard. If you want to know what Poetry Friday is check out this explanation by Renee M. La Tulippe. Thanks for participating! I’ll try to keep my post short but bring you up to date on my story about caring for…
Poetry Friday: It’s Been A Week…Or, Two
A diary-style post Whew! It’s been a week! June itself has whizzed by, creating a “what happened to that month” feeling. I decided to record what happened in a diary-style post today. Earlier this month On June 8th I flew to New York to see my Dad. Many of you read about that visit. I…
The Weekly Catch #2: What’s New With My Medium Blog?
With October in its final days, I looked at my stats on WordPress and realized that I have not been posting often here. I have, however, been posting to my Medium page every day. It’s been a fairly good month there as far as views, reads, and comments go. As I did a couple of…
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…
Another Medium Post Today: Rough Morning Start.
Today, I posted on Medium.com. I have finally met the threshold for being paid as a writer on that platform. Therefore, for now, at least, I will be cross-posting between my WordPress blog and Medium page. https://carollabuzzetta.medium.com/the-best-way-to-start-your-day-not-1b6c769304d0 Thank you!
Everyone Ages: Don’t Get Old Before Your Time
I’ve been watching as my parents’ age. Next month they’ll be 85 and 86 years old, both having August birthdays. They’ve maintained, and even fought for, as much independence as they can tolerate. This includes still living in their own home, a large rambling ranch with a finished basement, grocery shopping in person two to…
Ditch the Old Routines for New Ones
“When in Rome do as the Romans do.” Isn’t that the saying? The Northwoods of Wisconsin is probably as far from Rome as you can get, but as we find ourselves in a new place, I think it also calls for a resetting of routines. My husband thought that I could kayak with him as…
Managing Health Care Today
My blog was posted to Medium.com today. You can view the piece here. I am co-posting most days from WordPress to Medium. Today, I wrote on Medium and am posting the link here. I am looking for more followers on my medium.com page. Please consider following my writing there. Thanks.
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…