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Recipes for Life

We offer inspirational real-life stories about PEOPLE OF FAITH AND COURAGE; menus and cooking directions meant to fuel your creative inclinations and your healthy body in the form of MUSINGS OF A MIDWESTERN FOODIE; and ADVICE FOR LIFE from the perspective of those who have lived it to maturity.

Posts in boomers and technology
Internet Games and Other Black Holes

Wordle. It's like that first spoonful of a turtle sundae: I sincerely wish that I could be satisfied with just a taste. But somehow that's never enough.

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Live and Learn: Resisting Stay-at-Home-Slouch Syndrome

I hate tutorials. I realize this puts me squarely in the category of Neanderthal Luddite*—a classification I just invented. I simply don't learn well from techie gurus who talk too fast and assume too much while rapidly flipping through screen shots I can barely decipher, much less comprehend.

I learn best from printed matter. Those old-fashioned items called books or instruction manuals. I want to read and absorb information at my own pace, highlight important points in neon yellow or vivid pink, and take notes without being left behind in the process. I appreciate being able to flip back a few pages to reconfirm previously presented material. Have you seen the Progressive Insurance commercial where . . .

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