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PART II MY 80-YEAR-OLD STAY-AT-HOME MOM

Mom and Dad 1937

Mom and Dad 1937

Luckily, my husband was all for having my mother live under our roof, difficult as she could be. She loved men and he enjoyed letting her be charming. Luckily, too, we had understanding friends. One is not only a dog-lover, so one more dog under the table was not a problem,

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Longevity – Do You Vote For or Against?

New Low Cost Housing for Tucson Seniors

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . .

How fortunate it seemed to me to find an essay by Natasha Singer (SLIPSTREAM, The New York Times, Sunday, October 17, 2010) titled “The Financial Time Bomb of Longer Lives.”

Two day before I had received in my mailbox yet another sales pitch for a product that would “extend my life.”

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What is dementia anyway?

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . .

The proofreader for my second second Sophie and Sam mystery happens to be a social worker with a lot of experience in nursing homes. She questioned a scene in which a group of nursing home residents are being wheeled through Bok Tower Gardens. She said nursing homes do not have

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Like the butterfly I am watching….

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . .

A butterfly poised on a branch crowded with Orange Jubilee blossoms (Tacoma stans) is moving his wings so fast it brings to mind the expression, “butterflies in my stomach.” That’s what I have.

On Saturday my first mystery book was “launched” at Clues Unlimited, the only specialized mystery bookstore in

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“Even if writers become immortal, books must end,…”

Trudy Heeb photo montage

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . .

Editing the second book in my series of six “Sophie and Sam” mysteries, this phrase is meaningful in a practical sense.  I am about three-thousand words over my self-imposed limit.  The longer the book, the more it will cost, and I am determined to keep a paperback under $15, which

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Catsup or ketchup? What do you say?

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS…

La Mesilla is an old stagecoach stop outside of Las Cruces, NM.  Like other New Mexico towns, at its center there is a plaza (like a garden square or village green), with a church at one end.  It has the Victorian era bandstand in the middle of the square, and shops across the

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Stranger danger is for kids.

MOXIE COSMOS SAYS . . .

Last night my husband and I had the best time at a party thrown by Carolyn Rashti, a Graham-trained dancer, and now a certified aqua therapist, soon turning 80.  We were going into a crowd of people we didn’t know and had to wear funny hats.  That’s just not who

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