Lonny Cain

“No pain. No gain." I’ve mumbled that little mantra more than once ...

“Age 30 frightens me.” ... It’s my candid answer to the question: “What is the perfect age?”

The cover story begins: “Operating out of every corner of the globe, criminals are bombarding older Americans with emails phone calls, tests and letters, all trying to steal as much of our money as possible."

Musings ... or as my dad used to say, “The ramblings of poor lost souls” .... on this Monday, April 15, 2024.

Paperwork: Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus is an expert on memory, and she scares me.

Paperwork: After the truck drove away, I walked back through the empty rooms. Aunt Ene’s home was now a house. Her little world was gone.

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Paperwork: Sometimes the best part of your day is when you write about it. Turn it into a story you tell yourself ... and others, if you want.

Paperwork: I’ve learned something important over the last several days.

Paperwork: ... the first thing they say is, “Are you OK?”No-no-no-no. No, they are not OK.

Paperwork: “Raise some heck!” I repeated, smiling at the thought. I told him I’d write that down for a future column. And so it begins ... me raising some heck.

Paperwork: It’s interesting how we change as the sun sets. We adjust. Nightfall is something we must deal with and prepare for.

Paperwork: The Facebook message was simply one word ... and a song. ...The one word was “mood."

It helps to have bad friends. Well, it helped me.

A memory overwhelmed me the other day. When I smelled it.