• Blogging From A to Z April Challenge Winner

    I didn’t think I would finish the A to Z April 2024 Blogging Challenge. Writing a post every day for a month, except for Sundays, seemed impossible since I hadn’t written a post for the past two months. However, if I didn’t do the A to Z Challenge, I decided I would discontinue my blog.……

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: Z

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable Z is for Zen and the Art of Life Review Zen is a state of mind of being fully present, free from the constraints of the ego, and open to the wisdom of the universe. It is a state of pure awareness. Robert Butler, M.D., gerontologist, and……

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: Y

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable Y is for Youth is Overrated Julia Louis-Dreyfus Thinks Youth Is Overrated New York Times By Jancee Dunn March 30, 2024 When Julia Louis-Dreyfus hit her 60s, she was struck by a realization: She wanted to hear from the old ladies. The star of “Seinfeld” and “Veep,”……

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: X

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable X is for eXit life      . . . older persons tend to fear death less than the young, and many can accept the idea of personal death with equanimity. At times it represents a welcome relief from the pain of a terminal illness. In other situations,……

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: W

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable W is for Walking My mother didn’t drive. Her younger brother took her out one day to teach her. I envision it was in the 1920s. Maybe they had a Ford Model T. I suspect they were in a field near the family potato farm on Long……

  • Blogging from A to Z April 2024 Challenge: V

    Aging: The Good, the Bad, and the Tolerable V is for Vegetation Even though I’ve been retired over 20 years, I still appreciate my lazy mornings. There are two brief time periods between the frost of winter and heat of summer when I can sit outside on the screened porch, my feet up on an……