Suddenly, time shifts into high gear

Suddenly, time shifts into high gear

Back in 1982, when my husband and I were in our 30s and our kids were actually children, not the adults they are now, for Christmas we bought them ColecoVision, a video game player that was a big deal back then but would never pass muster by today’s standards. It was a large, clunky thing (there was no streaming in 1982); it had to be connected to a TV. It used a separate cartridge for each of its games. And it took time to warm up. But once it was working? It was a thing of beauty.

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’Til our digital calendar do us part

’Til our digital calendar do us part

We are arguing, once again, about a calendar. Specifically a digital, made-to-be shared, work, home, entertainment, never-miss-a-birthday, color-coded, easy to access and always at our fingertips smartphone calendar. Which we share. After 51 years of give and take — I don’t make him listen to Ethel Merman and he doesn’t make me listen to Led Zeppelin — my husband and I quarrel daily about the most unimportant thing: the way I keep track of appointments, birthdays, and celebrations. We have been quarreling about my haphazard bookkeeping since he retired 6 years, 4 months, and 22 days ago…

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