Barbara J. Hamby

Wonderings

Living in a retirement community, where most everyone has lived at least half their lifetime already, provides interesting conversations and experiences. When a silver-haired eighty-something gal declares, “All men should be castrated,” you have to wonder about her life experiences.

My writing class gives me a peek into the lives of a variety of senior citizens. Some have had lives… click here to continue

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March, 14th, 2010

Memory

Today I had a memory test. I would recommend that anyone my age take such a test to establish a baseline for future reference if the opportunity is available. For slightly less than an hour I answered questions for a social worker in the local clinic of my health care provider. In an atmosphere that felt very comfortable, she took… click here to continue

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March, 12th, 2010

I’m Spooked

So tonight a name pops up on Facebook—a woman who had a critique group in Vancouver that I belonged to for a while maybe ten years ago. She was editing a magazine in those days, which I think is no longer around. When I go to her profile, I find no friends in common. So how did her name turn… click here to continue

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March, 10th, 2010

Burning Up the Highways

I traveled into Southeast Portland on I-5 today in fairly light traffic. Had a very enjoyable lunch discussion with other alumni of the Kaiser weight loss maintenance study. Then I went to Vancouver via I-84 and I-205 on cruise control to have my taxes done. My taxes would be fairly simple were it not for the Railroad Retirement. Nothing they… click here to continue

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March, 08th, 2010

In Case Anyone Wonders

In response to any of my few readers who might be curious, I received an answer from the writer whose book I contributed to, so she is very much alive. She is recovering from severe hot grease burns on her leg, but the book is nearly finished, she says.

Also, I’m continuing to read the psychiatric case histories and warming… click here to continue

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March, 06th, 2010

Reading Habits

In retirement, I have more time for reading than I’ve ever had before and I often am reading two or three books at once. Right now I’m reading a self-help book and a collection of disguised case histories by a psychiatrist. While trying to wade through the Prologue of the case histories, I began to form a dislike for the… click here to continue

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March, 04th, 2010

A Mystery

Tonight on Facebook I found pictures of a writer friend in a hospital recovering from leg injuries. She lives across the country and the last time I heard from her was in late 2008. She was writing a book with the working title of There Is Life After Fifty, and had asked me, and other writers over 50, to contribute… click here to continue

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March, 02nd, 2010

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