Book Review from Rick’s Library: No Ordinary Assignment by Jane Ferguson

My Wife and I Had a Plan, and Then

Learn how you can plan your life with precision—and still lose control of the outcome. What you never lose is how you respond.  Supporting links 1.      Alzheimer [https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-alzheimers] [Alzheimer’s Association] 2.      Home Care Options [https://www.agingcare.com/lp/bp-homecare?campaignid=20108844850&adgroupid=148918222757&keyword=caretaker+cost&testid=bpv1d&affiliateid=C2B76E5B-BB2D-4F62-B5F2-60F00A57E756&opt=true&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20108844850&gbraid=0AAAAADN5sR6ki89f3V5bD7FvxU19wlZuD&gclid=CjwKCAiAlrXJBhBAEiwA-5pgws_Q-ydoQHZzSzC0TWJEFz1D5UvqpTMPb6H4fhJdamirq2UKRmGfARoCQBwQAvD_BwE&experiment_id=22030301281&variation_id=22040540416] [Aging Care]  Searching for Medicare Related Options? [https://www.aarp.org/membership/benefits/campaigns/medicare-eligible-options/?cid=USEM-Health-2B2-Google-109-100923&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20615952200&gbraid=0AAAAAqfFjILsAIlnyKM8ZSJb9QgFhZcK4&gclid=CjwKCAiAlrXJBhBAEiwA-5pgwnTwNEwk7z_WEno_tPNTQ1LtvFr4RlOyw2Bx3l8zBcGKiBBWfijuPxoCzbwQAvD_BwE] [AARP]  Contact That's Life, I Swear * Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/]  * Twitter at @RedPhantom [https://twitter.com/RedPhantom]  * Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rickbarron.bsky.social]  * Email us at https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Episode Review * Submit on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-life-i-swear/id1619171495] * Submit on That's Life, I Swear website [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/reviews/new/] Other topics? * Do you have topics of interest you'd like to hear for future podcasts? Please email us  [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Interviews * Contact me here https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/], if you wish to be a guest for a interview on a topic of interest Listen to podcast audios * Apple https://apple.co/3MAFxhb [https://t.co/HlcVW65x0k] * Spotify https://spoti.fi/3xCzww4 [https://t.co/z1Rs04Tibb] * My Website: https://bit.ly/39CE9MB [https://t.co/RKkUPaBJpf] Other * Music and/or Sound Effects are cour...

2026 Midterm Elections: Votes Counted…Maybe

Learn how Trump’s biggest threat may not be winning more votes in the 2026 midterm elections; it may be exploiting loopholes, fear, and institutional weakness to cling to power. Supporting links 1.      Article I, Section 5 [https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/article-1/section-5/] [Constitution Annotated] 2.      The Constitution Line By Line with Senator Mike Lee: Article I, Section 5 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5luez9yW84] [YouTube] 3.      Trump signals plan to interfere in midterm elections [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-signals-plan-to-interfere-in-midterm-elections-floats-voting-twice/ar-AA22rB3Q] [MSN] 4.      Midterm ‘blue wave’ could block Trump’s agenda [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/28/midterms-democrats-house-senate] [The Guardian] Contact That's Life, I Swear * Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/]  * Twitter at @RedPhantom [https://twitter.com/RedPhantom]  * Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rickbarron.bsky.social]  * Email us at https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Episode Review * Submit on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-life-i-swear/id1619171495] * Submit on That's Life, I Swear website [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/reviews/new/] Other topics? * Do you have topics of interest you'd like to hear for future podcasts? Please email us  [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Interviews * Contact me here https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/], if you wish to be a guest for a interview on a topic of interest Listen to podcast audios * Apple https://apple.co/3MAFxhb [https://t.co/HlcVW65x0k] * Spotify https://spoti.fi/3xCzww4 [https://t.co/z1Rs04Tibb] * My Website: https://bit.ly/39CE9MB [https://t.co/RKkUPaBJpf] Other * Music and/or Sound Effects are cour...

3D Printing Paradise: How Tech Is Saving Our Environment and Surfboards

Learn how the most powerful innovations frequently emerge not from abstract problem-solving but from personal experiences of frustration or failure.      Supporting links 1.      Swellcycle [https://swellcyclesurfboards.com/] [Website] 2.      Swellcycle [https://www.instagram.com/swellcycle.surfboards/?hl=en] [Instagram] 3.      Patricio Guerrero [https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricio-guerrero-862b8072/] LinkedIn] Contact That's Life, I Swear * Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/]  * Twitter at @RedPhantom [https://twitter.com/RedPhantom]  * Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rickbarron.bsky.social]  * Email us at https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Episode Review * Submit on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-life-i-swear/id1619171495] * Submit on That's Life, I Swear website [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/reviews/new/] Other topics? * Do you have topics of interest you'd like to hear for future podcasts? Please email us  [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Interviews * Contact me here https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/], if you wish to be a guest for a interview on a topic of interest Listen to podcast audios * Apple https://apple.co/3MAFxhb [https://t.co/HlcVW65x0k] * Spotify https://spoti.fi/3xCzww4 [https://t.co/z1Rs04Tibb] * My Website: https://bit.ly/39CE9MB [https://t.co/RKkUPaBJpf] Other * Music and/or Sound Effects are cour...

Scaling Back after a Divorce

The story doesn't romanticize divorce, but it doesn't flatten it into pure hardship either. There's grief, adjustment, and — eventually — something that's genuinely your own. Supporting links 1.      The Divorce Planner [https://www.thedivorceplanner.net/post/the-real-cost-of-divorce-how-to-budget-for-your-post-divorce-life] [Website] 2.      How To Move on After Divorce [https://www.marriage.com/advice/divorce/moving-on-after-divorce/] [Marriage.com] 3.      Life After Divorce: How You Can Start Again [https://health.clevelandclinic.org/life-after-divorce] [Cleveland Clinic] Contact That's Life, I Swear * Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/]  * Twitter at @RedPhantom [https://twitter.com/RedPhantom]  * Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rickbarron.bsky.social]  * Email us at https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Episode Review * Submit on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-life-i-swear/id1619171495] * Submit on That's Life, I Swear website [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/reviews/new/] Other topics? * Do you have topics of interest you'd like to hear for future podcasts? Please email us  [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Interviews * Contact me here https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/], if you wish to be a guest for a interview on a topic of interest Listen to podcast audios * Apple https://apple.co/3MAFxhb [https://t.co/HlcVW65x0k] * Spotify https://spoti.fi/3xCzww4 [https://t.co/z1Rs04Tibb] * My Website: https://bit.ly/39CE9MB [https://t.co/RKkUPaBJpf] Other * Music and/or Sound Effects are cour...

Book Review from Rick’s Library: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Learn how life is cumulative, and correspondence—whether via letter or through care, presence, and reflection—helps us make sense of it.  supporting links 1.      Virginia Evans [https://www.virginiaevansauthor.com/] [Website] 2.      Virginia Evans [https://www.instagram.com/virginia.l.evans] [Instagram]  3.      Bookreporter Talks To... Virginia Evans [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FtYT5KRW2Q&t=9s] [YouTube] Contact That's Life, I Swear * Visit my website: https://www.thatslifeiswear.com [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/]  * Twitter at @RedPhantom [https://twitter.com/RedPhantom]  * Bluesky at @rickbarron.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/rickbarron.bsky.social]  * Email us at https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Episode Review * Submit on Apple Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-life-i-swear/id1619171495] * Submit on That's Life, I Swear website [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/reviews/new/] Other topics? * Do you have topics of interest you'd like to hear for future podcasts? Please email us  [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/] Interviews * Contact me here https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/ [https://www.thatslifeiswear.com/contact/], if you wish to be a guest for a interview on a topic of interest Listen to podcast audios * Apple https://apple.co/3MAFxhb [https://t.co/HlcVW65x0k] * Spotify https://spoti.fi/3xCzww4 [https://t.co/z1Rs04Tibb] * My Website: https://bit.ly/39CE9MB [https://t.co/RKkUPaBJpf] Other * Music and/or Sound Effects are cour...