I’m old. I’m also healthy, happy, and enjoying life, so this is not an announcement about health issues. It’s not a declaration that I’m giving up on having goals and ambition. Hell, I’m younger than most of the leading candidates … Continue reading
It’s Saturday morning and the first thing I did when I woke up was go to the window that looks across the road. I can see across this road this morning. I can’t see anything beyond that. Welcome to a … Continue reading
“Don’t think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It’s quiet, but the roots are down there riotous…” –Rumi As the year draws to a close, I reflect that it’s been, as Mark Twain put it, “One damned thing … Continue reading
I want a care robot for my old age. I don’t mean those fake animals and devices that coo at you to take your meds, like The New York Times wrote about recently. Those sound patronizing and highly annoying. What … Continue reading
It was refreshing, I must say, to visit a dermatologist who did not within five minutes try to talk me into treatment for my lentigo. While aware of dermatology nomenclature and lesion description, I did not know the meaning of … Continue reading
I didn’t bring my Croc clogs on our most recent return to Seattle, but we did bring the dogs, and I decided I would write my blog about that trip. The trip was for a necessary return to the surgeon … Continue reading
I’ve been in a mental fog for awhile. I thought I was coming out of it last spring, but it descended again instead and has been thickening. I do take a couple of medications, and those have helped with the … Continue reading
I fell off my bicycle right in the middle of a city street last Sunday. My pedals locked up, which was caused by a combination of operator error (I started to downshift too late going up a steep hill) and … Continue reading
The Department of Justice recently announced its intention to resume executions. I am appalled by this decision, and this is why. In 1986, my 70-year-old mother was asleep in her own bed when a teenaged neighbor broke into her home, … Continue reading
Although I’ve always said I plan to live forever (or die trying), I’m slowly accepting that I’m not immortal. That makes me think about how I’d like to die. Here’s my dream death: Live a long time, longer than the … Continue reading
