On my walk poem

On my walk

I can skip

I can hop

Pop, Pop

Yop, Yop

I see a stream

I see fish swimming

In the stream

Swim, swim, swim

Flip flop, flip flop

I see an Umbee

Yes, I see a Umbee

Some are green

Some are blue

Some say cock a doodle doo

I do believe

They belong in a zoo

The children are on bicycles

The children are skating

The children are roller blading

The children are on scooters

The children are on rocket shooters

Up and down the street

Up and down the street

I can’t even see their feet

There are red bikes

There are green bikes

There are blue bikes

There are strip bikes

There are polka dotted bikes

There are boomper bikes

There are dream bikes

There are gas bikes

There are electric bikes

Oh my, Oh my

How do I keep track of

All these little tykes

On my walk in the park one day.

copyright updated  2018 Linda Meckler Author

Midnight (A Kitten) Poem

A little black kitten

Named Midnight came

Through my life one night

She was small and cuddly

A bundle of short black hair

and energy of hope and delight

She zoomed from room to room

Batting her toys around the room

with her small paws she used

As a broom

When she was hungry she scratched my hand

When she was thirsty she scratched my hand

When she wanted to cuddle she lay

On my stomach and purred.

But alas, I had to give her up

My allergies had flared up

It is a shame

I came to love that little

Ball of black short hair

Named Midnight that came into my life one night.

Copyright Linda Meckler updated 2018

A Walk In The Park poem

A WALK IN THE PARK

 

Oh, I love to walk in the park

I look at the grass

I look at the trees

Beneath the blue sky so open and free.

I look at the birds flying so free

The birds in the trees

They sing with the breeze

They sing to greet you

They sing to greet me

The birds flutter

The birds putter

They zoom around

and chase each other.

They see a bug

Oh, good what fun

It’s time to eat and

Time to drink

Oh, let’s take a bath

In the sink

Time for sleep

My feathers are sleepy

and it’s time to say good night

and catch a few winks

copyright,  Author Linda Meckler 8-29-03

Updated 2018  ©

Questions to ask When Moving To A Facility

Something happens when you have to change your life. This can be a number of different things.

Your health is the biggest reason for moving into a facility. When it becomes a hardship for you to do the simplest things for yourself. Things which we all take for granted. But health and age creep on all of us and some decisions have to be made.

These are some questions to ask:

What level care do I need?

What will be the cost?

Do I need a Skilled Nursing Facility or an Assisted Living Facility?

Will I have to sell my home to pay for the facility?

   What if there is a spouse living in your home. Does this spouse come with you or your spouse stay in the home or go live with relatives?

What does my Medicare cover?

What about the food. Maybe your on a special diet or can’t eat certain foods will the cook or cooks of the facility accommodate you or will I starve to death?

These are all good questions to ask and lots more but I would suggest if you are considering this question go to the facility and watch what happens from the lobby to the rooms. 

Important:

Yes, it is nice to be in a facility that has a big brand name and lots of money behind it. It is a definite plus with fabulous landscaping but are you really going to be talking to the people or companies who own the facility. No, you will be speaking on daily basis to the people who work there. Who would you be seeing and taking care of you on a daily basis. This is what you need to know. Is this person nice, efficient somebody I can live with in my life and not make upset on a daily basis?

These are some of the questions you need to ask on a daily basis.

Thank you for reading my article Linda Felberbaum Meckler copyright 2017

Important Rules To Stay Safe

 In my new book The Girls Vanished AKA Oak Horse Ranch Mystery after two girls disappear walking home from school, Lt. Adams talks of the California Police Department talks to The Middle School about simple rules to follow so students won’t get hurt or kidnapped. These are the rules. Please follow the rules:

                                                                                                                              i.    “Never talk to strangers.  Let’s hear it.”

                                                                                                                          ii.    Never talk to strangers,” they repeated.

                                                                                                          i.    “Never take cigarettes, drugs, gum, candy or anything, from a stranger. Let’s hear it.”

                                                      iii.    “Never take cigarettes, drugs, gum, candy or anything from a stranger.” They repeated.

                                       iv.    Never listen to a stranger ask you if you want a dog or a cat.  Let’s hear it.”

                                                    v.    “Never listen to a stranger ask you if you want a dog or a cat.”  They repeated.

                                      vi.    If something happens to scare you, scream and run to the nearest cop or adult. Let’s hear it.”

                                                vii.    “If something happens that scares you, scream and run to the nearest cop or adult.”  They repeated.

                                                                                                                viii.    Never ride with a stranger.  Let’s hear it.”

                                                                                                         ix.    “Never ride with a stranger.” They repeated.

Computer Safety

a. Be very cautious when you are chatting online in the chat rooms. You never know who is on the other end of the computer. You could think it’s somebody your own age and it could very well be an older person who does not have your safety in mind.

b.   Do not set up a visit to that person unless you tell your parents about this meeting first.

c.   If you still insist on going to meet this person.  Take a friend or two with you. Never go alone.

d.    

He had the students repeat the rules after he said them and then they were given a hard copy in case they forgot.  

Copyright Linda Meckler 2017

  

Re-cycle Cartons At the Check Out Stands

Re-cycle Cartons At the Check Out Stands

California now has the nation’s first statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. The restrictions apply to large food retailers, pharmacies, corner markets and liquor stores but not restaurants or department stores.

Don’t use plastic bags. Use cloth bags which we have to purchase. We have to carry around bags all the time. Yes, it is wonderful that we are not using as many plastic or paper bags as before but think about this.

          Now garbage bags need to be purchased.

If you don’t have a bag after spending money in a store you have to pay for it to cart your product away.

Plastic bags which were used for many uses in the home need to be purchased.

Where are we saving using plastic bags?

What happens to the cartons items are packaged in for any store? Why can’t the stores instead of destroying these cartons which are made from trees use these same cartons and recycle them for the consumers to use.

Some stores are doing this now. Why can’t all the stores use these carton's which could easily be reused be used by the consumer?

This would definitely have a huge impact on the recycling or waste of paper products.

What do you think?

Linda Meckler, author copyright 2017

When you can't cry

How do you become emotionally frozen? When all your feelings and emotions are trapped deep, down inside and act as one big pain in your body? Crying acts as a release for these emotions but when you can't cry your body cries out for release.

In some ways, it is one of the most painful thing anyone can live through. To go through your days and nights with all this pain trapped deep down inside. When a loved one dies and you can't get the emotion's out.

Of course, the emotion has to come out in some way, maybe in headaches, pain in various parts of your body or in dizziness. 

The worst part is anxiety. You feel and appear anxious and when you get nervous or stressed the anxiety becomes unbearable. It takes over your mind and body and soon you can't function.

Sleeping is a thing of the past. Your mind runs and runs, and do you really remember what you were thinking about all those hours when you should have been sleeping?

The next step is seeing a Psychiatrist and taking anxiety medication which may or may not work. The side effects, if you read the papers which come along with each prescription bottle are pages long. You can't win for losing.

What can you do when this happens to you?

  Sports where you are moving your body is good.

   Swimming is fabulous it really works your entire body including your mind.

   Water aerobics is a little different from swimming. It tones your body into a sculptured piece of Water aerobics is a little different from swimming. It tones your body into a sculptured piece of art.

  Walking by yourself or with a friend is also very therapeutic.

    Paint a room in your house. Make it colorful. You will get physical exercise and boost your self-esteem.

     Take your dog for a walk. Stop and talk to neighbors. You  might meet neighbors who have lived in your neighborhood for  years and never met before.

     Talk to a therapist.

     Join a support group.

    Paint a picture.

    Draw

    Grab your camera and start shooting pictures.

    Write about it. You do not need to share it with anybody just for yourself.

    Deep breathing. It really helps calm you down.

    The object is to keep your mind and body busy so you won't think of all the pain trapped in your body. Someday something might happen out of the blue that you see or read and the water works will start.

.   Release all the emotions trapped in your body will come tumbling out. But until that happens try the above suggestions or add your own.

    Everybody has some kind of hobby or interest. Get lost in yours.

 Linda Meckler, author updated 2017