How is your flexibility? I am not speaking of physical flexibility (although I do envy my granddaughters’ abilities to touch their toes to their foreheads),…
Belonging
2. Seeking and following wise counsel as we make critical decisions. 3. Choosing a healthy lifestyle and a healthy attitude about aging. 4. Continuing to…
Auntie Bill
A proverb for family gatherings is the story of kindly, but forgetful, old Uncle Bill – forgetful of yesterday’s grocery shopping, of invoice due dates,…
Seasons
Recently, I surprised myself when I wrote in my journal: “Old age is like sitting in a waiting room, expecting to be called, and entertaining…
Look Up!
I remember – vividly – the night I first saw – really saw – the stars. I was riding with my friend Loretta in the…
Aging with Joy
As I write, I am waiting for a phone call from a dear friend whose doctor has discovered a possible tumor. This, after she has…
A Game of Dominoes
Flipping through radio channels recently, I stopped when I heard the word “retirement,” and then I listened. The host was referring to a magazine article…
A New Re-creation
When I was exploring options to fill the time I once spent with my growing-up grandchildren, a tune popped into my head. I haven’t thought…
A Shaking
I had a wild dog, an Irish Setter, who, had he been a human, would have been on Retinol. When he was 8 years old,…
1876 BC – 2023 AD
I’ve written several times about changes that have been troubling – changes that, on the surface, seem trivial, like the closing of the circus. In…
Legacy
Life is fragile, ephemeral: “We are like a breath of air; our days are like a passing shadow” (Psalm 44). I hesitate to write about…