How many of you are members of AARP? In case you don’t know, AARP stands for the American Association of Retired Persons, and you’re eligible to join when you turn 50. However, you may join sooner and for the low membership fee of $16 per year, you can acc...

I usually don’t deal with political issues on my website, Seasoned You. Both here and on the coordinating Facebook page, I write about aging gracefully, spiritual motivation, health and survival tips, and books. But after watching the third televised funer...

Rose’s Bookshelf During the quarantine, I wanted to take the opportunity to read more, and I know many share that goal. But how many times have we spent hours scrolling on Amazon and Facebook pages, reading reviews, or even starting a new book and realizi...

I’m an avid reader, and what I love to read most are novels about Black love. One of my favorite books is Tumbling (1996), by Diane McKinney-Whetstone. I decided to revisit the text for my book blog and I found it just as enthralling as I did when I read i...

A Time to Keep To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven; A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a...

In August 2019, the world lost one of the greatest authors of the century. In any review of great American fiction, we cannot ignore the contributions of Toni Morrison who changed the landscape of literature. I first discovered Morrison as I perused the sh...

Seasons... To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under Heaven... A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance. --- Ecclesiastes 3:1 & 4 Surviving GriefI lost my husband of forty-one years to sarcoidosis, a...

Okay. So I'd written a marriage advice book and I'd written a memoir on bringing up my four sons. I still hadn't figured out the process to actually self-publish my books, so I went on to the next project. What next? I love a good story and many people pre...

Raising the Roses After I finished my first book, 7 Tips for a Successful Marriage, I quickly realized that this was not the kind of book I wanted to write. I love a good story, and while I had added some personal illustrations, this book was mainly an ex...

From 7 Tips to a Successful Marriage Introduction This is the introduction to my first book, 7 Tips for a Successful Marriage, published in 2012. I always knew I wanted to write after I retired from teaching, and when my husband asked me what I knew a lo...