Photo by Carlos Nava via Unsplash This is about Tasha, my best friend, and her failing health. Tasha was recently diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. This diagnosis has forced her to make major lifestyle changes, and re-evaluate her living situation. Tasha’s Diagnosis ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain […]
Read More...Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Should I stay or should I go? This lyric by The Clash (remember them?) has been sticking with me. For The Clash the question was about a relationship. But it could also be about a house. This week I visited a friend whom I knew when we were much younger. We were in school together, […]
Read More...Silvernest: A Home-Mate Yenta
In our continuing series of services that provide home-sharing options, we take a look at Silvernest: a pioneering service that’s specifically targeted to empty-nesters and boomers, which helps homeowners and home seekers to find the perfect home-mate. What is Silvernest? When Silvernest’s co-founder and CEO Wendi Burkhardt’s father passed away, her mother, who had never […]
Read More...Home Together Canada
There are a number of home sharing services and resources that have cropped up over the last three or four years for individuals who are looking for a shared housing environment. Today we look to our Canadian neighbor and offer an overview of Home Together Canada, an incorporated, non-profit association that creates, provides, and makes […]
Read More...Safety — The Primal Need
“Safe!” yells the umpire as the runner slides home. Safety. It’s a primal, basic need. We need shelter where we can be free from harm. We need security and stability. These needs are so deeply a part of us that Abraham Maslow, the psychologist, when he constructed his hierarchy of needs, put safety after food […]
Read More...Considering Moving
Moving, they say, is one of life’s stressors. As we get older it doesn’t quite have the excitement that it did in our twenties and thirties. Then there’s this innocent feeling of excitement about uprooting yourself and starting over in a new living situation, now there’s more awareness of what it takes. According to PsychCentral, […]
Read More...That Man In His Underwear
Back in the day, when I was in my twenties, I had a flatmate whose beau would walk around the apartment in his underwear. I let it slide a few times, but when it came to using my crystal champagne flutes to drink milk I finally had to say something about his cavalier attitude of […]
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