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Aging: A Story about Love

Terra Vina Vineyard Young love is somehow pushed aside as we grow older. It gets harder and harder to remember what that was like...well at least for me. But, there are people out there that have such a powerful story to tell that the look on their faces tells me that they have not forgotten and never will. Yesterday my husband and I attended a wine dinner set among the vines with the misty valley spread out below. We sat across the table from a couple about our age. His name was Peter. I have never know a Peter so the visit began. Then he introduced his wife. Minila she said when I asked her to repeat her name. It flowed off her tongue with an accent I didn't recognize. I'm a Czech she said quickly. Are you a Czech too Peter? I asked. No , he said. I come from Portland.  But how....? We were pen pals was his response. He asked Do you really want to hear this story? Well yes I did...yes I did! Pen pals? I have never know anyone to marry their pen pal. I have never know an...

Technology in Retirement or When to Unplug the Computer

One of lots of possible warnings. Take a look here. We all know that going "unplugged" for a day or two is a good thing. But I am not talking about that kind of being "unplugged". This issue is an entirely differ thing. Let me begin by telling you what happened to me the other day. You know that I have cut the cord and do not have cable TV anymore. In order to do this I have had to learn now to connect to the golf match and Major League Baseball online using a Roku. This involves visiting websites I would not ordinarily even care about. So I went out into the cyber world. Usually I don't worry because I have been very lucky. We were trying to watch golf and a PGA tournament that was on over the weekend. I could not figure how to get that for my husband. I did find what we wanted but...there was a catch. This where I want you to pay attention. The website I found told me the match was available for viewing but I would need to update my Adobe Flash Drive .0 someth...

Retirement Saving: Cutting Another Cord to Save

Are you retired and trying to make your money go a long way? How informed are you? Do you keep up with technology and all it has to offer? AND how old is your TV or do you have a TV with a ROKU already installed? Why do I ask? Well, I am a newbie to TV Apps but boy am I catching on to what is available and how much money I can save. We had tried cutting the TV cable cord many years ago but it was not a good thing. And we have tried several choices for cable service but there really is no way to get a reasonably priced cable service. Going without was not what we wanted. We like our TV. We have used a ROKU for several years now but never really taken advantage of all it had to offer. Our TV here in Oregon is not new so it is not as tech savvy as it could be. The Roku has given us a lot of choices but streaming tv service is a wonderful upgrade!. We were missing the boat. When we were in to our AT&T store recently to upgrade our phone, the sales rep mentioned Directv Now streaming tv...

Miracle Solution for Keeping Squirrels out of Bird Feeders

Seriously, you cannot make this stuff up. Squirrels discovered our bird feeder and the would eat the whole feeder full in one day.  Solution: WD40. Spray it on the top of the feeder and the pole it is hanging on. They will not go near it!  No explanation...just results. :) Do you have summer pests? b+

1969/2018: The ORIGINAL Smothers Brothers Died in 1969...now we have a "Lowlife" Colbert

Note:  Be sure to go to the 2009 NPR interview with Terry Gross, author of Dangerously Funny, THE UNCENSORED STORY OF "THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR" From Wikipedia:  In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the brothers frequently appeared on television variety shows and issued several popular record albums of their stage performances. Their own television variety show,  The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , became one of the most controversial American TV programs of the  Vietnam War  era.  Hulton Archive/Getty Images We are going back to the future...but has anything changed? Does anyone besides me remember laughing at the Smother's Brothers AND totally supporting their rants once a week? Honestly, in that era of war and "anyone over 30 years is the enemy" and bra burning, the Smothers Brothers were the voice of the liberal young people in America and anyone that opposed President Lyndon Johnson's actions on the Vietnam War. I honestly loved that show. ...