BY DARLENE MCCARTHY BARNFIELD • 5 DAYS AGO • MINDSET 479 SHARES FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Celebrating 60 was a long time in coming for me. “It’s shocking,” I would say to friends as it started to sink in that August was right around the corner, and I was fast approaching a milestone I did not look forward … Continue reading
“I’m making out a will,” I announced casually during dinner with an old friend. “Humm,” was her response. Prior to making this remark I had not given much thought to what kind of reaction such a comment would yield, but upon actually making the pronouncement I realized I had really expected much more. Like, Oh my … Continue reading
“Why did you move?” It’s a question that yields a variety of answers. Some happy. Some sad. And a few that are simply tragic. “I couldn’t live surrounded by all that sadness anymore,” she said. “She” is a Cape Cod transplant and works now as she did then as a hairdresser. And like many good beauty … Continue reading
I am married to a stranger. I realized that as we set off on a beautiful summer’s day to play golf. It was not a stellar round for him. And at one point he muttered,“Why does my ball keep going right?” “Finish your swing,” I suggested. He looked at me silently but with what I can only describe … Continue reading
This story is just too good to keep to myself. “What was she thinking?” I yelped on my wedding day as I looked across the hotel plaza on the way to my ceremony and stopped dead in my tracks. “Down girl,” said my oldest friend who immediately and firmly grasped my … Continue reading
The headline is not an ad for sexual variety but rather a plea for people of any gender who actually do what they say they are going to do. And in return, I will pay them handsomely for their dependability. But even the lure of cold hard cash … Continue reading
Doing the right thing can be so embarrassing you wonder if you should make the effort at all. While I was playing in a golf tournament the other day I happened to notice the caddy’s fly was undone. Sure that this was not a new fashion statement … Continue reading
