Note to Self

Beth Broderick: Wit and Wisdom for the Ages from the Aged Podcast · Oct 23, 2025 · 7m

Wit and Wisdom

by Beth Broderick

The note was written on a legal pad. It was a bit Catty Wompus, had been written hastily and not within the lines of the paper, but rather at an angle. There were other, more orderly scribblings, such as: “Call Elizabeth” and “Pay Insurance,” but this one read:

“My hands are too crippled to apply the anti-wrinkle cream. Haha!”

It sounded promising enough. “Anti-Wrinkle Film and Contour Body lotion.” It had popped up on Amazon as I searched for body lotion. Maybe the algorithm suspected (rightly so) that a woman of my dotage would cotton to the idea of firming…