Category Archives: Aging
We are entering a profound age
We are entering a profound age. :- Doug.
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By this age
By this age we’re all walking wounded. We get to be real. :- Doug.
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Can we yet?
Can we yet do the bigger than life thing? :- Doug.
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Welcoming the badge “elder”
For several months as I am approaching my 70th birthday I find that I am welcoming the badge “elder.” I am choosing to ask for help or to hire work done—lawn mowing for instance—though I still am able. I choose. … Continue reading
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Brain choices:
Brain choices: A few hints that our brain is not functioning as before, and we worry these are signs of our impending dementia; each example gets us buying the notion we are slipping; we become depressed and don’t tell anyone; … Continue reading
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Quite narrow
The top of the hill must be quite narrow: years you climb and climb, then suddenly you find yourself on the downhill. :- Doug.
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New elder?
What is the new evolving in our elder? How is creation unfolding through her or him? :- Doug.
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Too many words!
Too many words! More conversation please. :- Doug.
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Our son mows our huge yard
Our son mows our huge yard. Maybe next year we don’t mow so much. Maybe he won’t want to do it any longer. What we are doing works for today. Tomorrow something else. :- Doug.
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Something more
Your mind does not continue to work as though you were 30: at 70 you have something more. :- Doug.
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Bring me toys
Bring me toys if I get to experience dementia. As I progress backwards through my decades, bring me things to occupy my happy moments: travel brochures when I am again in my 50s, tax return forms and calculators when I … Continue reading
Elders say the darnedest things
Elders say the darnedest things. :- Doug.
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marking time?
Is old age simply marking time Until you die? Or is it making of your life A work of art? Is any day the same? Whatever age? :- Doug.
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lacking rhythm?
At the reception last night, I saw a couple of old people who were sitting at tables, staring off into nothing. It seemed to me they lacked the rhythm with the people around them, were no longer in sync. Perhaps … Continue reading
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