I am staying on Facebook. It’s an imperfect decision made by an imperfect person in an imperfect world. As recently as yesterday, I was going to disengage, believing that my staying connected offered tacit support to Facebook’s role in the 2016 campaign and that its invasion of the right to privacy was a line I […]
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A few years ago, Dan and I bought a little houseboat. Dan sees it as a vehicle for adventure, captain of the high seas, although with an old engine that burns hot, we don’t go far from shore. Because of the boat, we have transformed Nashville’s humid summers from something to dread into a thing […]
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My new friend Annette and I were getting to know one another after tai chi class last week, each of us delighted to have discovered a new conversation partner close to home. The dialogue took place over cappuccinos in a favorite neighborhood cafe. “I love tai chi,” Annette commented between her first and second sip. […]
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The gang from Zumba class were trying out a new restaurant for my seventieth birthday. Service was slow and we were overly hungry. It was a spectacularly unlucky case of timing that just when I finally decided to start unwrapping my birthday presents, the long-absent waiter suddenly showed up with the overdue food. Already committed […]
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Older, Wiser, Fiercer: 1/30/2018 Over the years, I’ve come to embrace aging as a gift and privilege: the growing freedom, the welcomed lessening of ego, the early signs of wisdom. Then turning 70 snuck up on me. Things began simply enough, making plans to celebrate my milestone birthday. But it got complicated. First, a good […]
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The soul “judges itself by choosing, in accord with the character formed during its life on earth, which sort of an afterlife it shall have.” –Aldous Huxley The old woman stood before the guarding angel, so many tears welling in her eyes that she could not read the letters on the gates. While she […]
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In light of the relentless parade of daily headlines, this passing year has been one of disappointment, regret, revelation, righteous indignation and painful moments of truth. And yet, here comes Thanksgiving again, making seemingly impossible demands on us this time around. At least, unlike last year, this time there isn’t the same sense that there […]
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When we come into age, we aspire to be accepting of change, but it’s complicated. I write this from first-hand experience, several months after an incident that landed me in the ER. I’m fine now—but acutely distrustful of anything at my age that reeks of excessive vitality. It is as if I can convince myself […]
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Recently, I had a great conversation with my friend and colleague Gaea Yudron, just back from an extended trip to Mexico. She was trying on the ex-pat lifestyle, drawn to Mexico in part because of its more respectful attitude towards aging. For many reasons, which you can best discover by following Gaea’s blog, she’s back […]
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Yet Another Way to Torture a Boomer: Reinvention In my last blog, I took on the subject of Legacy Dysfunction (LD). You will recall that according to LD, it isn’t enough that you got educated, raised a family, figured out a way to make a living and tried to live a good enough life, past […]
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