by Abbe Rolnick | Oct 21, 2026 | Abbe's Ruminations
Why Are We Here? How can we, at our age, ask the same question that plagued us in our youth? After years of work, success, travel, and adventure, still the niggly question prevails. It isn’t about filling our time, keeping busy, proving that we are...
by Abbe Rolnick | Aug 13, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
My pants are too longFrayed at the edgesI’m guilty of caring lessJust as I care moreIronically, I blame my heightThe plague of petite affirmations.I don’t look in the mirrorBut others do.I’m elderly, not wanting to changeStubborn in keeping blue jeansThat flair or hug...
by Abbe Rolnick | Aug 6, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
GossipI remember the telephone gameWhere you whisper something to a friendWho whispers to another friend and after a few roundsThe message had morphed to an outrageous story.Inevitably the message becomes tinged.Is there such thing as positive gossip?Do where share...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 9, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
Yours to DecideIs this an unsolved problem, a situation, or a canker sore,That repeats and, in the repetition,Knocks on your door.Something you can no longer ignore.When you can’t hide,Do you open the door wide or lock yourself inside?I ask myself this, with my...
by Abbe Rolnick | Jul 2, 2026 | Abbe's Notes
A funny thing happened to me on the way…For a want-to-be comedianThose words send me off in reverie.I remember sitting in the back seat of our Oldsmobile,No seat belts, a pile of relatives back from a holiday meal.I made a joke and the entire car burst into laughter.A...
