Melting Away Into Leaves
Memoir, Poetry, Ranch Lifecynthiaaging, El Chorro, Esther Isaacson, Gaviota, local history, Lompoc, Mary Oliver, ranch life, elders, getting old, Jim Poett, oral history
Maybe All of Summer Is Just One Day
Memoir, Ranch Lifecynthiaacoustic neuroma, aging, daughters growing up, Jane Gross, Jane Hollister Wheelwright, life lessons, loss, Pico Iyer, stillness, summer, tending to elderly parents, loss of parents, mother, decisions, my mother, wisdom
Thinking About Thanks and Giving
Finding Hope, Memoircynthiaaging, care of elderly, eldercare, Thanksgiving, assisted living, kindness, patience, gratitude, Donna
Blackbirds on a Green Lawn
Family History, Memoircynthiaaging, family history, oral history, tending to elderly parents, Esther Carbone, stories, elders, caring for elderly parents, small pleasures
Ninety-One
Memoir, Family Historycynthiaaging, eldercare, elderly parents, figuring things out, memories, wisdom, Jane Gross, assisted living, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, my mother, Esther Carbone, birthdays, love, patience, kindness, elders
At the Mailbox
Bistro
Whatever the Medley
Memoircynthiaassisted living, eldercare, elderly parents, getting old, music, my mother, aging, gifts, kindness, oral history, stories, Esther Carbone
A Poem From My Friend Dorothy
Memoir, Poetry, FriendscynthiaDorothy Jardin, Jack Gilbert, poetry, friends, aging, elder care, courage, stories, my mother, assisted living, wisdom, mentors