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Aug 9

Wrinkly Bits

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman I’ll Never Tell Life is all about change and let me tell you that my life is changing faster than you can say lickity split. Fifteen months ago, I had a very serene, predictable life, even boring. I would get up in the…

Seniors

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Aug 3

Wrinkly Bits

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Cowboy Bob Haymaker Heaven Well, my Idaho gal landed a haymaker on this old cowboy’s heart, and I like it. This is a love affair, and I love her. The last few years have been a rugged trail for both of us, but thanks to…

Romance

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Jul 29

Wrinkly Bits

A Blog by Gail Cushman A Heck of a Week It’s been a heck of a week, and I thought I would walk you through some of what I’ve been doing for the last few days. Shoulder surgery is in the rearview mirror, but there is a second part of…

Seniors

3 min read


Jul 26

Wrinkly Bits

A Blog by Gail Cushman My Daily Goals I’m a one-armed blogger this week…two weeks out of a shoulder replacement. It was a reverse job, but I’m unsure what that means. The doc explained it twice, and I tried to listen twice, but it went right over my head. As…

Seniors

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Jul 15

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Cowboy Bob Easy Keeper or Svelte

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Cowboy Bob Easy Keeper or Svelte As a Cowboy, one of my skills is looking at cows and horses and making sure they are healthy and if they are getting enough to eat or if they are too thin. My widow friend in Idaho got…

Cowboys

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Jul 8

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman It Ain’t Easy My mother told me there would times like this, but I didn’t believe her. I should have. I’m a perfect 76-year-old specimen, just ask my doctor, but if that’s true, why does every bone in my body ache? Why can’t I sit on the ground and get back up without groaning and moaning? Why can’t I hear without putting lima-bean sized devises in my ears? And why can’t I raise my right arm above my head? But then, I remember, she said I was a perfect 76-year-old specimen, not a 36-year-old specimen. It makes me wonder what a 76-year-old specimen looks like and how did I get to be 76 without even knowing it?

Some things get better as we age, right? I found a list of things that improve with age on Dr. Google’s Everything About Everything page: wine, whiskey, cheddar cheese, cast iron, jeans, flannel, pickles, vinegar, and there are many more. Unfortunately, Dr. G did not list knees, shoulders, hips, and fingers. Brains, too, don’t necessarily improve with age. We remember things we hoped to forget and forget things that we ought to remember.

Seniors

3 min read


Jul 4

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman The Stillwater River Flood of 2022 Story 2

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman The Stillwater River Flood of 2022 Story 2 This is a continuation of the Story 1. Although this event really happened to real people, I have fictionalized parts of it and changed the names…please check my website if you missed Story 1. gailcushman.com…

Yellowstone Flood

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Jul 1

Wrinkly Bits  A Blog by Gail Cushman The Stillwater River Flood of 2022 Story 1

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman The Stillwater River Flood of 2022 Story 1 As you know, I have been back and forth from Idaho to Montana and in June this year, I was in Montana during the five-hundred floods. I met several people who faced this flooding catastrophe…

Montana

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Jun 28

Wrinkly Bits

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman I’m Schlank Today My friend Janet and I decided to go out to dinner last night, well, it was not really last night, because I eat dinner mid-afternoon so that I don’t feel bloated at 11:00 pm when I finally hit the sack…

2 min read


Jun 24

Wrinkly Bits

Wrinkly Bits A Blog by Gail Cushman Hot to Trot I am three-quarters of a century old and still having hot flashes, egad, do they ever stop? And why couldn’t our Creator have made cold flashes instead? They would be a lot easier to handle. I could just throw on…

Romance

2 min read

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