''Your hair looks so good today,'' said a housemate as I passed by her while going for my mail. This is a social gambit here at Garden Plaza, the home where I live with about a hundred others in their Third Third. Our commonality is that we all range in age from the 70s to the 90s.
Last week's Third Third column seemed to touch on a subject that sparked the interest of many readers. Mostly they commented on my statement that ''In the Third Third, it's hard to make new, lasting friendships.'' Some agreed, but others argued that it's up to us. We're in a situation that requires new associates.
Today is International Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman's Day, according to an e-mail I recently received. Recipients are urged to send along this advice and words of wisdom.
Having lived in South Florida for 38 years, I'm accustomed to hosting company. I look forward to a change of pace from the everyday lifestyle of the Third Third, to which I'm becoming entrenched.
She refers to herself as the matriarch of her family and, indeed, she is. It's so long since I've been in the midst of my family for any length of time that I didn't realize that if we're not now involved with the day-by-day happenings of our family, many of us can have that title. When I interviewed Evelyn, and she explained her role in her family, I understood why she called herself a matriarch.
The entire world is asking why Eliot Spitzer did it. After all the trouble it takes to get to where he got, and then he shoots himself in the foot. There's a theory that abounds that he wanted to get caught; you would think that a man of that caliber would know better than to end his illustrious career with mud on his face.
M y friend Betty just died suddenly. Her middle daughter tearfully called to ask my advice about the family situation. I didn't have to hear too much. I said, ``Hang up the phone and make an appointment as soon as you can to see a lawyer.''
Anything can happen in a story and movies are today's stories. They usually play out in less than two hours, relieving us of the tedium of reading small print for hours on end. The whole message can come to us in one sitting, all wrapped up in a feel-good package.
Anything can happen in a story and movies are today's stories. They usually play out in less than two hours, relieving us of the tedium of reading small print for hours on end. The whole message can come to us in one sitting, all wrapped up in a feel-good package.
There she was, my old friend, whom I have known for 25 years. Louise and I first met when we lived in the same housing development and we interacted every once in a while at neighborhood events.
The topic I covered Feb. 17 -- about faraway parents feeling neglected by their adult children -- brought a lot of feedback. Readers from near and far reacted in different degrees. The strongest response was, ``What can we do about it?''
Anything to get my mind off the repetitious tasks my rehabilitation therapist assigns to me. As she counts with me to 30, I ask her if she doesn't get bored with counting to 30 with each client. She tells me no because she hears such interesting stories from them. I'm curious and she's willing to tell me.
