by Jule Kucera | Dec 24, 2023 | Blog
It was a cute little bungalow in a neighborhood of bungalows near Minnehaha Creek Park in Minneapolis. Thanks to a hefty down payment from my grandmother, who had passed when I was ten, I could buy it. As I walked into the title company building for the closing, I was...
by Jule Kucera | Dec 17, 2023 | Blog
We are so good at wanting things to stay the same. We don’t want our world or the people in it—near or far—to change. For example… When Taylor Swift released 1989, I muttered, “Stay in your lane.” When Reputation came out, I thought, “You’ve lost your way.” When Lover...
by Jule Kucera | Dec 10, 2023 | Blog
Headline Roxie, the 8-year-old Chow/Pug mix I adopted this summer, is doing well with people. Dogs, not so much. Details Trazodone is out and Prozac is in. It’s made a visible difference. The formerly permanent frown lines on Roxie’s forehead rarely show...
by Jule Kucera | Dec 3, 2023 | Blog
In an earlier post, I mentioned four lessons for happiness from the “oldest old.” John Leland identified these in an article in the New York Times (and as I learned later, in his book). While visiting my mom, it occurred to me I was in the perfect place to vet the...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 26, 2023 | Blog
Meadow Lakes (where my mom lives) often has art shows of resident artwork. When I was there this time, there was a massive art show that covered the walls of the major hallways. The art was not from residents but from artists throughout New Jersey. This was the state...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 19, 2023 | Blog
When I’m at my mom’s for a week, that’s enough time for me to settle in and for good things to happen. These were three: 1. On Roxie’s morning and evening walks, we often saw deer. Most of the time, they saw us first and bolted into the woods, leaving a bobbing white...
