Humor
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BLOOM…..WITH GUSTO!!!
Will there be enough food for all of us? If not, will all those over 100 be shipped to Mars, able by then to live on mere stardust? Sure, bowhead whales live for centuries. Glass sponges life for 15,000 years, and turtles are technically stuck as teenagers for centuries!! But people? Read more
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UP AGAINST THE WALL!!
“Okay, guys. Now turn and face that wall and stand up straight!” That’s exactly what I said to these two policemen before taking their picture yesterday. They had refused to let me photograph them from the front, saying their boss, “wouldn’t like it.” Instead, they let me shoot them from behind. I mean, seriously,… Read more
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NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT
Did you know that right now there are 800 million of us over the age of 60? And guess what else? We have a few things going for us that I didn’t even know: Our immune systems are stronger so we get fewer colds. We suffer less migraines—(maybe because we have less to think about?)… Read more
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SIDE BY SIDE
I’m embarrassed to say that it took me more than half a century to learn to love man’s best friend. But oh I do now….and with a passion and gratitude. If you have an older relative, or lonely friend, get them a companion. A dog would be great, but even a fish would do. It… Read more
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‘YOLDIES’ BUT GOODIES
(My friend, Ivan who is pushing 80!! Yup 80.) According to Buzzfeed, there is now an actual word for young people who act older than their age: “Yoldies.” Apparently these are the 20-somethings who like to watch Netflix on a Saturday night instead of going out drinking because bars are just, “too loud.” These are… Read more
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LABOR TODAY
But we really only ‘connect’ if we ‘hear’ the words the same way. People with “all ears” would be good at that. The first time someone said this expression to me, I looked for their ‘extra’ ones. Literally. Read more
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UPSIDE DOWN
Well go figure. Apparently I have been doing something good for my body and brain for the last 40 years and I didn’t even know it!! I guess you could say it started in my 20’s and I just sort of kept it up. I do it at home and always when I’m travelling. You… Read more
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PATIENCE IS NO VIRTUE
All her waiting is an act of simple grace and ease. Not mine. I do not snooze when it suits me or distract myself chasing butterflies though I probably should do both. Read more
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WHY I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE ’20 SOMETHING’ NOW
Take a good look at this picture of a group of 20 somethings at Starbucks this morning. I watched and photographed them for several minutes, during which time not one of them looked up or even acknowledged one another. Welcome to 2015. I would not want to be their age for anything right now. Why?… Read more
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HANDS DOWN!!!
My grandma used to say that you could tell a lot about a person just by looking at their hands. Once, she was asked to be the “palm reader” for our church group’s fundraising fair and was quite the hit. As a kid, I thought maybe she had magical powers. So, I asked her to… Read more
AGEFULLY AGING 