January 2, 2025 Photo by Leeloo The First on Pexels.com Since we're plunging into another year, I figure it's a good time to talk about years in general and how we deal with their passage. This notion sprang from an X post congratulating the great Annie Lennox on her Christmas Day birthday, adding, "70 is… Continue reading You can’t gaslight the calendar
Tag: aging
Living a well-rounded life
August 1, 2024 It's been a season of strange weather in Atlanta. Thankfully, we've been spared any life-threatening climate convulsions, but the normal phases of summer have got themselves all jumbled up. The heat that usually holds off until August descended in June. Next came a July of sudden, soaking downpours, the kind my mother… Continue reading Living a well-rounded life
Gazing through the gloom
December 10, 2022 It seems it's been this way forever, foggy mornings and soggy days in various hues of grey, with only fleeting patches of blue. Since we're still on the darkening side of the winter solstice, the cloud cover accelerates the early dimming of light. The mercury is unseasonably high even for the South… Continue reading Gazing through the gloom
Brain washday
When you reach a certain age, you get tons of unsolicited advice on how to make the most out of your remaining years (months? minutes?). Half the new-old-age barkers give you the pitch that these times are magical and blessed, while the other half say, “Son, you’ve got one foot under the daisies already. Better… Continue reading Brain washday
The armies of life
It’s nearly Labor Day and the dragonflies are back, zipping over the deck against a bright blue sky. Somewhere south in the Gulf of Mexico is a storm that might (1) give us some rain and wind, (2) miss us altogether, or (3) come ashore as a full-on hurricane that would send us running for… Continue reading The armies of life
Danger! Angry old man
I hate to keep harping (okay, ranting and proud of it) on the same theme, about young(er) people stereotyping us old(er) ones, but it keeps happening. Today my wife went to the eye doctor, who told her she'd have to keep medication in her eyes with the eyes closed for a certain time each day.… Continue reading Danger! Angry old man