by Anne Lafferty | Jul 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Dealing with Social Isolation and Chronic Loneliness If the family dog is isolated, he makes sure to bark annoyingly until someone responds, or he digs under a fence and voila! Freedom! Dealing with chronic loneliness Some of us are facing the same kind of helpless...
by Anne Lafferty | Nov 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
I have been writing this blog for about six years, but some readers may not know me. Brief history: I have been employed as a teacher and a musician, have worked in the field of nursing, and am currently a freelance writer and author in Scottsdale, Arizona. All my...
by Anne Lafferty | Mar 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Default position, anyone? As usual, my default position to making serious changes in my life was: It’s just too much! Maybe I can’t really change it, anyway. Perhaps as a financially insecure, single woman of 58, I should just ‘settle for what I’ve got’. But, should I...
by Anne Lafferty | Mar 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Survival Secrets, anyone? Okay, I admit it. I was a woman 58 years old and going nowhere. Going nowhere fast, in my estimation, because I’d already lived over half my life. I’d lived long enough for a number of things to go awry. Survival secrets, anyone? One panicky...
by Anne Lafferty | Mar 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
MAGIC MUSHROOMS! Is there a pill out there that will make me smarter? I’ll bet I’m not the only Baby Boomer searching for the Holy Grail of brain power! Some of us are beginning to wonder if we may be running on a slim margin. As it turns out, mushrooms are not just...
by Anne Lafferty | Mar 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
How Fast You Walk Determines How Long You will live! Did you know that, as soon as you walk into the doctor’s office, she can assess your potential for long life? That’s without even checking your vitals! Oh, come on! I know I’m overweight, but this is ridiculous!...
