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Looking at Life in Small Pieces
Category: Aging
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This is me with my mother at about six months of age, 68 1/2 years ago. We were living in Germany where my dad was posted for three years. I really don’t remember anything about Germany. I used to think I’d had this dream about looking down and seeing all these tiny houses, people and trees. But,…
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A couple of years ago, as I approached 60 years of age, I spent some time contemplating my life. I was feeling–well–bored!
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I stopped in at an estate sale this morning in one of the larger homes in the neighborhood. Even though I had cleaned out my parents’ four bedroom home and been to many an estate sale, I can truly say I’ve never seen so much stuff in my life! I was fascinated and appalled all at…
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Some time ago, both my husband and I made the decision to retire in the summer of 2014. In preparation for beginning this new phase in our lives, I did some reading on the subject. I came across some articles by Dudley Tower, PhD on his website Dynamic Aging Institute. According to Tower, “dynamic aging…
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There have been so many cosmic and cool things in my life. And, I don’t care if anyone but me thinks so. But, listen to this one. The summer I was nineteen, I came back home to San Antonio from my freshman year at Southwest Texas State College. Just for something to keep me occupied,…
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Tonight I watched a tribute to Levon Helm call “Love for Levon.” A whole slew of grey-haired musicians like Roger Waters, Greg Allman, Joe Walsh, and many more sang their hearts out for Levon and his music for a couple of glorious hours. I remember back in the early seventies in Austin. For about a…
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Dear Lifetime Fitness Gym, My household received your extravagantly over-sized marketing ad in the mail yesterday. You know, the one with the young, thin, slightly sweaty girl in skimpy work-out clothes on the front. Such a slick piece, I thought, warranted a look. I noticed several things that made me think you weren’t really interested…
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