Fact: Old ladies love free food samples. Actually, it doesn’t have to be food. They’ll take anything that’s free, including those stinky soap samples they hand out outside Sabon. You can always use more soap!  But they like food the best.

Is it a fixed income thing? A scarcity mentality left over from the Great Depression? No, I think it’s a natural part of aging.  Maybe something that you can ward off with lots of broccoli and salmon. But for these people, too late. Read the rest of this entry »