By Ellyn Mantell After decades of doing our jobs, building our careers, identifying ourselves by the work we do and the accomplishments we’ve achieved, retirement looms large for most ...
Category: Slice of LIfe
SLICE OF LIFE: Why Wordle?
By: Ellyn Mantell While waiting for my plane to board very early one morning, I worked on my daily word exercises. Almost as invigorating as my body stretching, ...
SLICE OF LIFE: Embracing a New Time of Life
By Ellyn Mantell Having the philosophy that every time of life is unique and special, I have walked into each new phase with the assumption that I would ...
SLICE OF LIFE: The Florida Casino
by Ellyn Mantell Our car, with its out-of-place New Jersey license plates, wended its way around the winding loops, ascending through the labyrinth that was the parking garage. I ...
SLICE OF LIFE: Anticipation
By Ellyn Mantell As a member of a writer’s group, I am asked from time to time to suggest a topic or a word that becomes the prompt for ...
SLICE OF LIFE: Living One’s Legacy
“To be able to look back upon one’s past life with satisfaction is to live twice.” Fortune Cookie Proverb My age is encroaching on my ability to be cavalier ...
SLICE OF LIFE: Preparing to Create New Memories Brings Back so Many From the Past
By Ellyn Mantell They were all around us as we traversed the rooms and closets of our home in preparation for our move, timely based due to ...
SLICE OF LIFE: Teachers Who Inspire
By Ellyn Mantell It certainly feels as if we have traveled through a time warp, having spent countless days and nights in crisis mode during the pandemic. We ...
SLICE OF LIFE: Let’s Hear It For The Ladies … Let’s Give The Ladies A Hand!
Ellyn Mantell My mother was a riveter during World War II, soldering and making safe the planes that flew men like my father across the Pacific. She wore overalls, ...
SLICE OF LIFE: Making A Difference
By Ellyn Mantell With age comes wisdom, I am told. And I would like to believe it to be true. After all, that which disappears with the years must ...