Bend Like A Willow
This year, Carolyn Hax, the syndicated advice columnist, celebrates 25 years of responding to American readers’ personal problems. Recently, in a special question-and-answer column for…
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As Time Flies By
The late author Dan Gilmore in his book, The Dharma Box, told the following story that is expanded upon and adapted for this writing: The…
Getting Past Ageism
A milestone is defined as an “action or event marking a significant change or stage in development.” It is usually a good thing: a graduation,…
Taking The Bait
Legends are stories that are exaggerated for effect. They may be told for entertainment purposes or to provide insight into our lives. Sometimes they do…
Van Gogh’s Mirror
On March 30, 1852, Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Rev. Theodorus Van Gogh, living in southern Netherlands, gave birth to their first child, Vincent Willem Van…
Room For Improvement
Writer and humorist Garrison Keillor, the Mark Twain of the baby boom generation, recently declared that, at 80, he has “put the idea of self-improvement…
The Cathedral Within
As we grow old, it seems there are many emotions, insights, and needs we share in common. Snuck up on me. I was old before…
Attitude Is Everything
In my recently posted article “Real Beauty”, I chose a role model to inspire me to become a better version of myself in 2022 –…
The Valentine Bowl
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is wing’d Cupid painted blind.” William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream It is…
Real Beauty
At the age of 75, American artist Alice Neel (1900-1984) began working on a portrait of herself, perched on the edge of a chair, nude,…