Life After 55

By Michele Bazan Reed  |  bazanreed@hotmail.com   “I’ll pencil you in.” We say it constantly, casually. Even in this day

By Michele Bazan Reed  |  bazanreed@hotmail.com   It’s that exciting time of the year, when we put up another perfectly

By Michele Bazan Reed  |  bazanreed@hotmail.com   I heard an annoyed meow coming from the kitchen. I was — gasp

By Michele Bazan Reed  |  bazanreed@hotmail.com   My daughter and son-in-law pulled into town for a visit, having driven five

By Michele Bazan Reed  |  bazanreed@hotmail.com   Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the “Peanuts” comic strip, is reputed to

Childhood memories fueled by sweet treats you rarely see today By Michele Bazan Reed  |  bazanreed@hotmail.com   One day I

By Michele Bazan Reed  |   bazanreed@hotmail.com In July, I broke my kneecap and spent several weeks in an immobilizer. Not

By Michele Bazan Reed  |  bazanreed@hotmail.com It’s one of my favorite times of the year. Maybe it’s yours, too. I know

By Michele Bazan Reed  |  Email: bazanreed@hotmail.com Every month I get together on Zoom with a book club of classmates

By Michele Bazan Reed  |  Email: bazanreed@hotmail.com When you enter my apartment, you proceed down a long hallway, with waist-high