by Marlene Bumgarner | Dec 8, 2023 | Aging, Family, Writing
Downsizing was one goal of my move to Southern California two years ago. Friends my age have for several years been reporting on their efforts to simplify their lives and save their children the emotionally laden task of going through a lifetime of possessions once...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Aug 23, 2023 | Aging, Family, Grandparenting, Travel
Hello again! This summer has gone by too quickly. My original plan had been to write every day, but that didn’t happen. I thought it might be fun to look back over the last three months and figure out where the time went. June My last post here was a tribute to...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jun 16, 2023 | England, Family, Father's Day
Our Silly Half Hour When I was six years old, my parents and I lived in a rented Victorian in the Richmond District of San Francisco, and my favorite time of day was the Silly Half-Hour. There was no set time when this event would occur, and it didn’t happen every...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Jun 2, 2023 | Aging, Family, Writing
Hi everyone! I’ve been traveling and finalizing the sale of my house in Santa Cruz. Arrived back in Calabasas Tuesday night. Thanks to Lois Winston for publishing her interview with me on her web page today. You can read it here...
by Marlene Bumgarner | Apr 20, 2023 | Aging, Community, Family, Grandparenting
April 4. This is hard. Harder than I expected. Deconstructing my Santa Cruz house to reconstruct it for today’s market is, essentially, deconstructing the life I lived in it for a decade. Workmen are removing the wall decorations, TV screens, bookcases,...