Dorothy Wilhelm is a columnist, humorist, speaker and broadcaster who  has spoken to audiences from Bangkok to Nashville. Dorothy hosted Beacon Award winning My Home Town on Comcast TV for another decade and she now does an Internet radio broadcast on the SOB Radio network. (That stands for Spunky Old Broads. All the hosts are women over fifty.)

She does Tai Chi three times a week, including Sword Form – and she drives anywhere she wants.

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THIS FLAG FLEW OVER THE PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO

 

This flag flew above the Presidio of San Francisco one day last September. Looking at the carefully folded triangle beneath the glass, part of an unexpected birthday gift, a framed display of medals and progression in rank that forms a visual history of my husband’s military service. It is a family history as well.

Nearly the whole family was on hand last week to celebrate my 90th birthday. Number One Kid was absent as she and her spouse have gone on a trip to Antarctica, as one will do. The window for visiting that southernmost continent is very small. Meteorologist Greg Albert writes …. Read More