Category Archives: senior musings

The Heat is On

Posted on July 6, 2023 by daeja's view

It’s really the humidity that can get to you more than the temperature. Just in case that clammy, uncomfortable feeling isn’t enough, the frizzy hair barometer is letting me know it’s in the upper ranges. A quick check confirms it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Stories, Daeja's Garden, Food, Gardening, Mushrooms, nature, Perspective, Photography, Seasons, senior musings, summer, The Urban Porch, The Urban Porch ™, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Weather, Wildlife | Tagged Earworm of the day, July blooms, kitchen implements, moth plagues of the past, moths everywhere, neighborhood flowers, no mushrooms, orange blooms, raccoon family, spongy moths, The Heat is On, too hot to cook | Leave a comment

Thoughts From the Shower

Posted on June 30, 2023 by daeja's view

The wildfire smoke has returned. Perhaps that has something to do with the lessening of the late afternoon mosquitos out on The Urban Porch ™ . I’m not sure if that’s the case, but it could be possible. While standing … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Cooking, Food, Perspective, senior musings, summer, Uncategorized, Weather, Weird | Tagged food as diversion, getting your kidney back, nerdy trivial, recycled organs, social/not social, the universal donor, wildfire smoke | Leave a comment

Summer Solstice on The Urban Porch ™

Posted on June 21, 2023 by daeja's view

Back out on The Urban Porch this morning with Rudi, there is a mild breeze with a tinge of humidity in the air, a lovely place to be until either the sun moves and heats up this side of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Stories, Birds, Cooking, Daeja's Garden, Food, Gardening, nature, Seasons, senior musings, summer, The Urban Porch ™, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Wildlife | Tagged avian gangs, beetles and bugs, breezy days, Dutch Baby, solstice dinner, Summer meals, sun tea | Leave a comment

Wandering On and Off The Urban Porch ™

Posted on June 16, 2023 by daeja's view

The smoky skies from the Canadian wildfires had kept Rudi and I off The Urban Porch ™ and sequestered inside for a number of days. Once they cleared, we were especially eager to get out and about. At first, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Animal Stories, Birds, Food, Friends, nature, Photography, Seasons, senior musings, summer, The Urban Porch ™, treasures, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Weather, Wildlife | Tagged bobolinks, crayfish memories, mulberries, Neighbors, out in the fields, overpriced nostalgia, summer happenings, the mosquitos are biting, when the smoke cleared | 2 Comments

Nice Socks

Posted on June 11, 2023 by daeja's view

One thing I do every year during The Birthday Week is indulge in a massage. This year that didn’t happen – I missed that window for a number of reasons…. but eventually I decided to just get a very badly … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Are you kidding me?, Coping, Deafness, Hearing Impaired, Humor, Perspective, senior musings, Uncategorized | Tagged code words, coping with humor, hearing exhaustion, miscommunication, misunderstandings, what did you say? | 3 Comments

Bustin’ Out All Over

Posted on June 4, 2023 by daeja's view

Earworm time again! Today it’s Rodgers & Hammerstein – “June is Bustin’ Out All Over”, by way of an elementary school assembly I was in, back in sixth grade. It’s amazing how some of this stuff can stay in your … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Daeja's Garden, Flashback, Gardening, Humor, nature, Seasons, senior musings, Spring, summer, The Urban Porch ™, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Weird | Tagged earworms, flower explosions, June, June is Bustin' Out All Over, Rodgers & Hammerstein, school assembly memories | Leave a comment

Acceptance (I’m Not a Guitar Player)

Posted on June 1, 2023 by daeja's view

I’m not exactly sure of its origin, but one day my father came home from work with a Stella six-string acoustic guitar that someone had given to him, and he gave it to me. Up until that time, my experience … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Divorce, Flashback, Hearing Impaired, Perspective, Regrets, senior musings, Uncategorized | Tagged acceptance, insecurities, intimidation, letting go, my guitar, not a musician, regrets, rock and roll fantasies | Leave a comment

Mélange

Posted on May 27, 2023 by daeja's view

What a month it’s been! Beautiful days, some lazy indulgences, some quirky sights to be seen. Due to the outrageously fine weather, I’ve spent some significant (and perhaps a bit wasteful) lengths of time just hanging out on The Urban … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Birds, Cooking, Daeja's Garden, Food, Friends, Gardening, nature, Photography, Seasons, senior musings, Spring, The Urban Porch ™, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™ | Tagged blue, doing nothing, grandparents, May, purple, retirement, spring flowers, the most beautiful May, wild food | Leave a comment

Moving Right Along

Posted on May 21, 2023 by daeja's view

Time seems to be whipping by at a pretty good clip. It feels as though we are all in some sped up animation. During a conversation with a friend years ago, we expounded on the theory that time goes faster … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Birds, Daeja's Garden, nature, Perspective, Photography, Seasons, senior musings, Spring, The Urban Porch ™, treasures, Uncategorized, Views From he Urban Porch ™, Weather | Tagged age in fractions, bring on the rain, late May blooms, time, time by flowers | Leave a comment

Tankini Hellscape

Posted on May 16, 2023 by daeja's view

Admittedly being a lousy swimmer, it stands to reason that I’m not much of a fan when it comes to being in the water, or even on the water. I would say I’m more of the type who likes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Are you kidding me?, Coping, Deafness, Fashion, Hearing Impaired, Rant, senior musings, Shopping, Spring, summer, Uncategorized, Vent, Weight | Tagged bathing suits, buying a bathing suit, chat option for hearing impaired, hearing loss, mature bathing suits, senior beachwear, swimsuit hell, women over fifty, women over seventy, women over sixty | Leave a comment

Uncivilized

Posted on May 9, 2023 by daeja's view

Because it has been so weather-glorious, I’ve waffled back and forth about whether to do the happy thing and share a bit more about blue skies, nature discoveries and snippets from The Urban Porch ™ ……or instead launch into a … Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Are you kidding me?, Perspective, Rant, senior musings, Spring, The Urban Porch ™, Uncategorized, Vent, Weird | Tagged angry americans, back in my day, born into an uncivilized world, collapse of society, disrespectful people, lack of courtesy, rude people, something's gotta change, what is wrong with people? | Leave a comment

Radar Love

Posted on April 29, 2023 by daeja's view

The ever-revolving selection of earworm songs continues. Following a recent visit to the Southwest which resulted in weeks of the relentless repetition of a particular Grateful Dead song in my brain – the name of which I don’t even want … Continue reading →

Posted in Flashback, kids, Perspective, senior musings, Uncategorized, Weird | Tagged earworms, i was just thinking of you, intuition, psychic connections, radar love, repetitive songs, stuck song syndrome, women of famous men | 3 Comments