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By Carol January 22nd, 2012
Years ago I could only use a yellow legal pad for my writing. If I didn’t have my yellow pad, I couldn’t write. Then a determined Bill coaxed me to try word processing. Now I love the ease of editing, the spellchecker and the way words flow from my fingers onto the page. I especially like Microsoft Word, a program that I always thought was too complicated for me until we started blogging.
Today, with my right hand encased in a stunning purple cast, I can’t use my cherished Microsoft Word. The best I can do is to hunt and peck enough to edit this.
And what is this?
I am “writing” this post via an iPad app called Dragon Dictation. Since I had joint replacement surgery on my hand almost two weeks ago, …
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By Bill January 5th, 2012
Hand Surgery
Carol had hand surgery today. She has been bothered by pain in her right hand for about ten years, so she finally mentioned it to her doctor. The doc got some x-rays, said there is some arthritis in her wrist that was bone to bone, and surgery will fix it.
So, today after about four hours at a surgery center Carol is home with her hand and arm in a cast with a prescription for some pain medication. All is well so far. So what’s the big deal? Something doesn’t work too well anymore, so get it fixed. That is what we do as we get older. I am doing it as well. I’m sitting here with my titanium knee. My friend has a titanium knee as well, and his …
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By Carol January 3rd, 2012
Bill and I had not heard that our friend Barbara was in hospice and close to death. We learned of her passing from another friend who makes a habit of studying the obituaries every Sunday. Despite her long-standing heart condition, I had expected Barbara to live for many more years. After all, her mother had survived past 100. Barbara had been her mother’s long-distance caregiver for several years.
We attended Barbara’s Memorial Service a few days before Christmas. While the snow fell softly outside the chapel windows, Barbara’s children, grandchildren, friends and loved ones sang and played, recited poetry and shared memories of Barbara and her multifaceted life. It had been a journey of exploration and connection. We were struck by how many of her friends and associates had met Barbara unexpectedly on a …
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By Carol December 20th, 2011
Once we got our new iPad email working and used the Photo Booth app to take some funny pictures of ourselves, we wondered what to do next with our intriguing Little Buddy. The problem is not a scarcity of possibilities. According to official Apple sources, there are over 140,000 iPad apps available—many of them free. Too many to sort through on our own.
No problem. Sister Judi–an iPhone owner and aficionado—to the rescue. She undertook to coach me in advanced techniques of using the “Home” button and also suggested a few challenging and enlightening apps. High on our list are Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja. I also learned that she is the creator of her own app—Smart Tot Rattle!
Her next move was to challenge me to a game of Words with Friends.
I’m …
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By Carol December 18th, 2011
Tempted to Take a Byte of the Apple
One day in early November, I woke up knowing that I had to have an iPad. And I had to have it right away. Over the years Bill and I have had several opportunities to make a change from our somewhat trusty PC to the other camp. Each time we decided against the switch due to impatience with the idea of learning a new system as well as considerations of economy. We’ve always been able to do whatever we wanted with our PCs. Why fix what ain’t broke, right?
Now several factors converged to influence a different decision. Bill does not enjoy using our laptop, but didn’t always want to fire up the big computer in our downstairs office. I had read Marti Weston’s reports …
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