By Sue Murphy I saw a T-shirt the other day that said, “One day, I hope to be the person my dog thinks I am.” I don’t know. Some days, I’m not sure my dog’s opinion of me is all that good. Oh sure, Dave loves me. I know that. But, there are times (a lot of times) when it’s obvious that Dave questions my judgment. If it is raining and I open the door and say, “Let’s go … [Read more...]

By Sue Murphy Boy, have we had a lot to process lately! Unexpected changes, tangled up emotions – what is a body supposed to do with it all? Well, maybe put it on paper. Numbers are good. Numbers are useful and charts and graphs and actuarial predictions have their place, but it’s been my experience that alongside the adaptive, functioning adult in your brain, there is a … [Read more...]

By Sue Murphy I love football. The game mirrors my approach to life: try something, fail, try something else, fail again, but after you’ve tried for a reasonable amount of time, win or lose, you stop and watch a marching band.  For a long time, sports opportunities were slim. I have no idea how the Off Track Betting people stayed afloat, unless fans were betting on … [Read more...]

By Sue Murphy My goodness, this has been a busy summer — and spring — and what passed for the tail end of winter. We’ve been through so many rabbit holes that it feels like an Alice in Wonderland adventure. Some people say Jumanji, but I rewatched the movie and my experience these past few months has been less “roll the dice and find a way out” and more inexplicably “off with … [Read more...]

By Sue Murphy I cannot tell you how happy I was to see live golf broadcast on TV last weekend. It was like a cosmic sign that the universe had decided that life would indeed go on. Sure, the golfers had to stand six feet apart and schlep their own bags, but they stood at a real-time tee, took their swing, and a real-time ball lifted heavenward to land on the fairway … or in … [Read more...]