• Torn ACL or How things can change in a New York Minute. Take 2

    Torn ACL or How things can change in a New York Minute. Take 2

    Over two weeks ago I slipped while doing a lunge—part of my exercise program to stay strong and flexible now that I have reached my ninth decade. The following day at an Ortho Urgent Care, I found out that I had injured both my Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) and my Medial Cruciate Ligament (MCL). Definitive…

  • Torn ACL or How things can change in a New York Minute.

    So here I am, a new octogenarian who thinks she is still twenty (my birthday was May 3rd). When I turned 80, I decided that I wanted to stay strong and flexible. Last Thursday, I was doing lunges while watching Grace and Frankie on TV. Grace and Frankie are my role models. Love ‘em and…

  • We don’t give a rip what anybody thinks.

    At the beach this week. Rebologged from May 22, 2019. I talked to my friend Lois the other day. She was telling me how she is orchestrating a skit for Talent Night at her church. “It’s silly,” she said. “It’s a skit that I have done years ago with my family.”  What caught my attention…

  • Milestone Birthday

    Milestone Birthday

    I celebrated my last milestone birthday ten years ago in Paris. I thought this current milestone would find me riding on an elephant like Gloria Steinem on her 80th. Instead, my husband and I will drive three hours to the North Carolina Coast and spend two weeks in an oceanfront rental on the beach. My…

  • Nursing Blogs 2021 – #6 – Nursing Stories – Marianna Crane Profile

    I am honored that my blog has won 6th place in the Top Nursing Blogs of 2021 sponsored by IntelyCare. This honor is an especially important recognition to me because the nursing community voted. The prize is a feature profile on the IntelyCare Website. See below: Marianna Crane is the author of Nursing Stories and the sixth…

  • Aborted Alphabet Challenge 2022

    Aborted Alphabet Challenge 2022

    I had fun last year with the annual Blogging from A-to-Z April Challenge 2021, so I decided to enter again this year. My theme last year was Places I Have Been. This year I planned to blog about my three years in nursing school (1959 to 1962). This would also fall under the Olden Days…