Peer…anyone left out there?

Let's start with the obvious. You need peers to feel peer pressure. But somewhere around late middle age, the herd begins thinning out. You know, old friends go silent on Facebook. You find yourself doing Google searches for old girlfriends and find obituaries instead -" Shit, I didn't think she was dead!" You're one religious …

Memories

My mother died long before Marie Kondo came along with her ideas of picture book houses devoid of "clutter," but she would have been on board with all the concepts and methods. When I returned from the Navy, she had decluttered all my possessions except my guitar. They struck no chord of joy for her. …