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NevaeH Boutique Heaven

Okay – I admit it. I didn’t catch on to the name of this boutique until long after I had distributed my Christmas presents purchased there, and was in need of a black hat like the berry-colored one I ordered from this wonderful women artists’ gallery.

I happened to be there the first day they

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Bonfire season is here-- even for lice.

Maya will try anything.

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . .

Maya reading with Auntie Ann

Officially it is autumn.  Is there any city in American that has not banned burning leaves for many years?  We can only barely remember what a great day it was when dad decided it was time that everybody in the family get out there on

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Do you dread Assisted Living?

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . .

My friend Trudy, an astonishingly productive artist, is now resigned to the fate of going into a retirement “home” to get the help she needs to deal with Parkinson’s Disease.  She has had in-home caregivers part time up until now, but needs less responsibility and more security.

The problem is, she’s

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Memory loss is simply maturation.

MOXIECOSMOS SAYS…

Evan Kligman, M.D., who started AgeWell, a membership program of activities related to his practice of Integrative Medicine, is delightfully positive about the process of getting old. A couple of weeks ago, at the first of his summer informal talks with patients (one of the many perks), he explained that when age-related memory

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