Older and Better with Shelly

Selfie. Rhymes with Alfie. It reminds me of a movie and the song back in the day. When I was growing up we never heard of a “selfie”. I remember getting my picture taken with Phil Donahue, Dick Clark, Patrick Duffy, then a real hunk. Now those pictures are something to show your grandkids. Of course I don’t know where the photos are now and my grandkids wouldn’t know who they were. In fact I can’t think of one thing I’ve ever done that they would be impressed about. So I digress. I’m not sure where the word selfie came from. I guess with the wonderful smartphones with cameras they have now, people started taking photos on the spot with their friends. It’s a great idea. It is lots of fun. They even have selfie sticks. I don’t have one yet. I can’t take a good selfie, my arms aren’t long enough. Maybe I can use a collapsible selfie stick, hopefully one that would fit in my purse. I like selfies but I do think taking one on the edge of the mountain ...

Gidgets are things new to use. Gadgets are older things but still hard to use. Gurus are the folks who help us use them. Technology is happening faster than one can learn it. By the time you learn it, it's obsolete. Learning the iPhone was a hard one to tackle. With a little help from my sons and grandson I mastered it. Not the complex stuff but email, google, Instagram, Facebook and the camera, my number one priority.  Oh and shopping on line, YouTube and more. Then they had the nerve to upgrade the iPhone. Had to get that. Could not fall behind. Our two sons, who are gadget gurus, have this notion as long as they keep mom in the know about gadgets I will not lose my mind. I have news for them, I am way ahead on that. I can walk from the kitchen to the bedroom and forget what I wanted. Or open the fridge in search for what? So I digress. An aging mind gets you every time. Meanwhile my friends were taking classes to use iPhones. Some refused...