Column by Kay Frances I have never had an aptitude for understanding what is going on under the hood of a car. Nor am I remotely interested in learning. So, I have to rely on those with more expertise than me. I’ve been fortunate to have had wonderful mechanics over the years, but I’ve also […]
Column by Kay Frances In the old days, if you wanted information, you got up from the couch and walked to the public library. You’d go to the card catalog, find what you were looking for, take the card to the circulation desk and ask them to help you find it. I’m a bit embarrassed […]
Column by Kay Frances Column by Kay Frances This old, OLD house. I’m in a long-term committed relationship. With my house. But I have to admit, sometimes I develop crushes on other houses. Currently, I’m obsessing over a newer home that is for sale. I go online and gaze longingly at its garden tub […]
Column by Kay Frances Your dog wakes you up at 4 a.m. and needs to go out. You aren’t able to go back to sleep until 10 minutes before the alarm rings. You hit the snooze button a couple of times, then finally get up. You wonder how you’re going to get by on four […]
Column by Kay Frances There came a time when I realized that I was going to have to clean up my act and get healthy. I was over 40 years old and took a good look at my family history. Uh oh! I realized that my family has the longevity of a moth! All of […]
Column by Kay Frances Column by Kay Frances Color me “old-fashioned,” but I yearn for the good old days when you’d let someone pull out in front of you on the highway and you’d get a “thank you” wave. These have gotten to be few and far between and I want my kindness to […]
Column by Kay Frances “If you don’t like the weather in Ohio, just wait an hour and it’ll change!” If you live in Ohio or know someone who does, you’ve no doubt heard this oft-repeated expression. At no time is this old adage truer than when we are in the midst of the Changing of […]
Column by Kay Frances I’ve never really gotten over the magic of computers. I first learned to type on a manual typewriter. When you made a mistake, you’d have to paint over it. This became more complicated when carbon paper was involved. If you were a perfectionist, it could take all day to type one […]
Column by Kay Frances They say that we spend the first half of our lives accumulating stuff and the second half getting rid of it. I’m firmly ensconced in the third quarter of my life and I’d have to say that I agree with this assessment. I know it probably defies the laws of physics, […]
(It wasn’t even an option when your parents were tightwads.) Column by Kay Frances I discovered the joys of having some jingle in my pocket at a very early age. My “allowance” for doing my chores was 25 cents a week, but that wasn’t nearly enough to support my candy bar habit. So, I found […]