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: seniors
A pandemic diary: Loss and limbo
March 22, 2021 Since I'm older than 65 and fully vaccinated, I'm apparently supposed to be out carousing with my fellow geezers, celebrating my return to a normal life. Instead, I'm worrying over the death of someone I didn't even know. That person is Kent Taylor (above), founder and CEO of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Loss and limbo
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