Agings Wisdom

2017-12-31

I’ve been plagued with health problems that have kept me at about half-speed for three months. I was hospitalized twice and received conflicting directions...

2017-11-26

I’m recovering from a four-day stay in a local hospital a couple of weeks ago. While there I was in three different rooms. That partly explains why I...

2017-11-11

After a long and full life my 90 year-old good friend, Eleanore, is worn out. While wearing herself down she’s endured at least the usual load of heartbreaks...

2017-10-24

Thank goodness the days of dying like my mother did twenty years ago, with end stage Alzheimers Disease, are mostly gone. She was tied down in a bed and...

2017-10-02

Our father died twenty years ago. Since then we three brothers and spouses have gotten together nearly every year to celebrate our relationship. Despite...

2017-09-20

This week middle-schoolers will be writing and showing and telling about their summer vacations. I set up a summer trip as a test of my mettle, old-age...

2017-08-28

I’ve seen the startled look in newborn babies’ faces, the reflex stiffening of their arms and legs, and heard their lusty screams hundreds of times. Once...

2017-08-15

While basking in Alaska’s spectacular beauty and charm on my recent cruise, my new friend Brian and I had some interesting discussions. His mind-bursting...

2017-08-01

I found an unexpected benefit from living at Burcham Hills. Readers may recall that, after major bowel and bladder surgery last year for a non-malignant...

2017-07-12

I couldn’t imagine myself seeing Alaska from a huge cruise ship. Shopping a bit, I found a perfect way to savor our wildest state. Alaskan Dream Cruises...