Breathe on the ember of what was — Did you have a simple time in your life? Where anything was possible. You were free, unencumbered by worry and fear? Living in the moment? Passionate, loving and finding your own path? Can you regain your hippie soul? Was this the time? Perhaps way back in high school, or your early college years. Maybe…

Small towns + water for the win! — If you are in your twenties, maybe a huge city suits you best? But what if you are older, with a family to raise, or even older? Where is a great place to live? Beware of lists! We have all seen the lists… best states, best cities. But an entire state is not…

From a Type 2 Diabetic — You have seen the articles, the commercials, the celebrities gushing, and the warnings. Here is my experience. Perhaps different from what you know so far. Why Ozempic? I am a Type 2 Diabetic. It snuck up on me, because of my own denials. Doctors warned me of “pre-diabetes”. No worries, I’ll just…

55 and older? Maybe this would work for you? — We sold our last house, gave away our belongings and moved to an apartment on the beach. Embraced minimalism. A beautiful new complex of young people. We had just turned 60. Life was good… but we wanted something even better. Maybe what we found would interest you? No, we did…

Are you a hunter-gatherer or farmer, filled with joy, or fear? Willing to fight, or hiding in your castle keep? — Retired. Hell no! I claim myself a freedom fighter against the tyranny of corporate work-hell. I was victorious the day I turned 60 and walked out the door. Five years of joyful freedom, I watch others living along a continuum between hunter-gatherer or farmer. Where are you? How’s your level…

I agree with you on most of this. Where I disagree is a 45 minute bullhorn interruption of a legislative session on the floor, being “free speech”. That is not a momentary “you lie” interruption. I originally said the Republican reaction was “at least as bad”. No, it was much, much worse by orders of magnitude. They could have 1) suspended the session and gone to lunch for an hour, 2) have the three eventually removed from the building for the rest of the day, 3) suspended the three for week, 4) most anything else…. Instead they chose a crazy authoritarian response that makes your article today true. Thanks for the responses:)

Today and four years ago — Four season fun on the shores of Lake Michigan! Ice mountains, volcanos, the power and fury of winter! The lake freezing mostly over. Well, not this year. This year, Lake Michigan is only 7% ice covered. Usually it is 40% or more. Occasionally, every Great Lake has frozen completely over……

Not the R Word — The server smiled and asked, “What do you do?” My answer these days is, “I am a freedom fighter.” She tried again, “I mean… where do you work?” She politely chuckled when I told her the world is my domain now. …

They should be yours too! — I sit safe on my beach in the US. Every day, I look for quality updates on the war and life in Ukraine. You could say I am obsessed. Anyone can let their intelligence flow on Medium. Many really, really should not do so. I have sifted thru the Russian…